---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000944075-26-000044"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SCKT"
cik: "0000944075"
company_name: "SOCKET MOBILE, INC."
filed_at: "2026-06-12T20:05:50+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-12T20:17:06.204653+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Socket Mobile removes CEO Kevin Mills, appoints David A. Holmes as President and CEO

## Summary
- Kevin Mills removed as President/CEO on June 8, 2026; placed on paid administrative leave pending termination.
- David A. Holmes appointed President and CEO effective June 12, 2026; previously Chief Business Officer since May 2021.
- Holmes has over 20 years of experience in NFC and mobile payments; held roles at NXP, Identive Group, and UL Solutions.
- Holmes' base salary increased from $287,000 to $320,000 effective June 12, 2026; all other terms remain unchanged.
- No arrangements or family relationships between Holmes and any director or executive officer.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000944075-26-000044
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SCKT
- cik: 0000944075
- company_name: SOCKET MOBILE, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-06-12T20:05:50+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944075/000094407526000044/0000944075-26-000044-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944075/000094407526000044/form-8k0612.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000944075-26-000044
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000944075-26-000044.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000944075-26-000044.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kevin Mills was removed as President and Chief Executive Officer at SOCKET MOBILE, INC..
  - Action: removed
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On June 8, 2026, the independent members of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Socket Mobile, Inc. (the “Company”) notified Kevin Mills of the Board’s decision to remove him from his role as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944075/000094407526000044/0000944075-26-000044-index.htm
- Executive change
  David A. Holmes was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer at SOCKET MOBILE, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On June 12, 2026, the Board appointed David A. Holmes, age 51, as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944075/000094407526000044/0000944075-26-000044-index.htm

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