---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-001340"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DXLG"
cik: "0000813298"
company_name: "DESTINATION XL GROUP, INC."
filed_at: "2023-01-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T06:54:12.611433+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Destination XL Group appoints Dara Pauker as COO; $425k base salary, $150k sign-on cash, $300k RSUs

## Summary
- Dara Pauker appointed COO effective January 27, 2023; reports to CEO Harvey Kanter.
- Annual base salary of $425,000; eligible for annual target bonus of 60% of base salary.
- Cash sign-on award of $150,000 (clawback if termination before Jan 2024) and $300,000 in RSUs.
- Pauker has 20+ years retail experience; previously consultant for DXL since Dec 2021 on growth strategy.
- Role oversees Chief Stores Officer, Chief Merchandising Officer, SVP Global Sourcing, and SVP Technology.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-001340
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DXLG
- cik: 0000813298
- company_name: DESTINATION XL GROUP, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-01-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/813298/000095017023001340/0000950170-23-001340-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/813298/000095017023001340/dxlg-20230127.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Dara Pauker was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at DESTINATION XL GROUP, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: Destination XL Group, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Dara Pauker, 47, as its Chief Operating Officer and entered into an employment agreement with Ms. Pauker effective January 27, 2023 (the “Employment Agreement”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/813298/000095017023001340/0000950170-23-001340-index.htm

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