gnw-20260707
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
July 7, 2026
Date of Report
(Date of earliest event reported)
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GENWORTH FINANCIAL, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware | 001-32195 | 80-0873306 | ||||||||||||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | ||||||||||||
11011 West Broad Street, Glen Allen, Virginia | 23060 | |||||||||||||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||||||||||||
(804) 281-6000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | Trading Symbol | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||||||||||||
| Common Stock, par value $.001 per share | GNW | New York Stock Exchange | ||||||||||||
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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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 July 7, 2026, Genworth Financial, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that Thomas J. McInerney, President & Chief Executive Officer, will be taking a temporary leave of absence from his role to focus on his health. In connection with Mr. McInerney’s leave of absence, the Company announced that Jerome T. Upton, the Company’s current Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer), has been appointed Interim President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer), effective July 7, 2026.
Mr. Upton, 62, has been in his current role since March 2023. He previously held various positions of increasing responsibility at Genworth since joining the Company and its predecessors in 1998, including Genworth’s Deputy CFO and Controller, as well as Chief Financial and Operating Officer for Genworth’s International Mortgage Insurance Division.
Mr. Upton does not have any family relationship with any of the Company’s executive officers or directors, nor has he engaged in any related party transaction with the Company that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
The following materials are furnished as exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K:
Exhibit No. | Description | |||||||
99.1 | ||||||||
104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) | |||||||
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| GENWORTH FINANCIAL, INC. | |||||||||||
| Date: July 7, 2026 | By: | /s/ Michael J. McCullough | |||||||||
| Michael J. McCullough | |||||||||||
| Senior Vice President and Corporate Secretary | |||||||||||