---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000807863-24-000064"
form_type: "8-K/A"
ticker: "MITK"
cik: "0000807863"
company_name: "MITEK SYSTEMS INC"
filed_at: "2024-06-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T06:24:04.480402+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Mitek appoints Board member Scott Carter as Interim CEO; details equity grants

## Summary
- Scott Carter, existing Board member, appointed Interim CEO effective June 1, 2024; base salary of $85,000 per month.
- Granted 40,355 Performance-Based RSUs vesting based on Mitek stock performance vs Russell 2000 over one-year period.
- Granted 40,355 Time-Based RSUs vesting fully on one-year anniversary of grant date, subject to continuous service.
- Prior RSU award of 101,523 shares (Jan 2023) remains unchanged; unvested 50% eligible to vest on Jan 24, 2025.
- Acceleration events trigger vesting: appointment of permanent CEO, removal without cause, or resignation for Good Reason.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000807863-24-000064
- form_type: 8-K/A
- ticker: MITK
- cik: 0000807863
- company_name: MITEK SYSTEMS INC
- filed_at: 2024-06-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/807863/000080786324000064/0000807863-24-000064-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/807863/000080786324000064/mitk-20240509.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000807863-24-000064
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000807863-24-000064.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000807863-24-000064.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Scott Carter was appointed as Interim Chief Executive Officer at MITEK SYSTEMS INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Scott Carter, a member of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”), was appointed as Interim Chief Executive Officer of the Company, effective as of June 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/807863/000080786324000064/0000807863-24-000064-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.