---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000944075-26-000048"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SCKT"
cik: "0000944075"
company_name: "SOCKET MOBILE, INC."
filed_at: "2026-07-15T20:38:49+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-15T20:40:06.138895+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Socket Mobile appoints former director Brent MacDonald to Board

## Summary
- Brent MacDonald appointed to Board effective July 13, 2026; previously served from 2016 to 2023.
- Board now has six members, four of whom are independent under Nasdaq standards.
- MacDonald will receive standard non-employee director compensation as described in 2026 proxy.
- No arrangements or family relationships with other directors/officers; no transactions requiring disclosure.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000944075-26-000048
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SCKT
- cik: 0000944075
- company_name: SOCKET MOBILE, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-07-15T20:38:49+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944075/000094407526000048/0000944075-26-000048-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944075/000094407526000048/form-8k0715.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000944075-26-000048
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000944075-26-000048.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000944075-26-000048.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Brent MacDonald was appointed as member of the Board at SOCKET MOBILE, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: member of the Board
  source text: appointed Brent MacDonald to serve as a member of the Board, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944075/000094407526000048/0000944075-26-000048-index.htm

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