Paramount Global filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update, Financial Statements and Exhibits
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 3, 2025
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| Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. | ||||
On June 3, 2025, Naveen Chopra, the Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Paramount Global (the “Company”), notified the Company of his decision to resign from his position, effective June 27, 2025. Mr. Chopra’s resignation is not the result of any disagreement with the Company or its Board of Directors, including on any matters relating to the Company’s operations, policies, accounting practices or financial reporting. Andrew C. Warren, the Company’s Strategic Advisor to the Office of the CEO, will assume the additional duties of Executive Vice President, Interim Chief Financial Officer and principal financial officer of the Company after the departure of Mr. Chopra.
Mr. Warren, age 58, has been the Company’s Strategic Advisor to the Office of the CEO since 2024. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Warren was Chief Financial Officer of STX Entertainment, an entertainment and media company, from 2017 to 2023. Before that, he held the role of Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Discovery Communications from 2012 to 2017, and prior to that, he was Chief Financial Officer of Liz Claiborne as well as the Chief Financial Officer of the NBCU Television Group.
Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. | ||||
(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit Number | Description of Exhibit | ||||
| 99 | |||||
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). | ||||
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| PARAMOUNT GLOBAL | ||||||||
| By: | /s/ Caryn K. Groce | |||||||
| Name: | Caryn K. Groce | |||||||
| Title: | Executive Vice President, | |||||||
| Acting General Counsel and Secretary | ||||||||
Date: June 9, 2025