---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-22-018680"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DXLG"
cik: "0000813298"
company_name: "DESTINATION XL GROUP, INC."
filed_at: "2022-09-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T08:40:11.522971+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# DXL appoints James Reath as CMO effective Sept 26; prior CMO Dhoot departs Oct 11

## Summary
- James Reath named CMO, effective Sept 26, 2022; replaces Ujjwal Dhoot who leaves Oct 11.
- Reath brings 20+ years retail marketing experience from Bed Bath & Beyond, Macy’s, and agency roles.
- Inducement grant: $200K RSUs on Oct 7, vesting ratably over 3 years, outside stock plan.
- Reath will lead marketing strategy, brand, consumer, creative, media, CRM, and digital commerce.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-22-018680
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DXLG
- cik: 0000813298
- company_name: DESTINATION XL GROUP, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-09-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/813298/000095017022018680/0000950170-22-018680-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/813298/000095017022018680/dxlg-20220914.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-22-018680.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Ujjwal Dhoot departed as Chief Marketing Officer at DESTINATION XL GROUP, INC..
  - Action: leaving
  - Role: Chief Marketing Officer
  source text: On September 14, 2022, Ujjwal Dhoot, the Chief Marketing Officer and a Named Executive Officer of Destination XL Group, Inc. (the “Company”), informed the Company that he is leaving the Company effective October 11, 2022, and he will assist with the transition to the Company’s newly-appointed Chief Marketing Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/813298/000095017022018680/0000950170-22-018680-index.htm

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