---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-048437"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CNVS"
cik: "0001173204"
company_name: "Cineverse Corp."
filed_at: "2023-09-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T14:30:12.862208+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cineverse promotes Mark Lindsey to CFO effective Sept 14, 2023; John Canning departs

## Summary
- Mark Lindsey, 56, appointed CFO effective September 14, 2023; previously EVP Finance and Accounting since Nov 2022.
- Annual base salary $350,000; target bonus $175,000; employment term through Sept 13, 2024.
- John Canning leaves as CFO upon expiration of his employment agreement on September 13, 2023.
- Lindsey brings over 20 years experience including CAO at Firefly, CFO at Canapi Ventures, and stints at SiriusXM, PCAOB, and PwC.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-048437
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CNVS
- cik: 0001173204
- company_name: Cineverse Corp.
- filed_at: 2023-09-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1173204/000095017023048437/0000950170-23-048437-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1173204/000095017023048437/cnvs-20230912.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-048437.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  John Canning departed as Chief Financial Officer at Cineverse Corp..
  - Action: leaving
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On September 13, 2023, the Company also announced that John Canning will be leaving the Company as Chief Financial Officer effective as of the expiration of his employment agreement on September 13, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1173204/000095017023048437/0000950170-23-048437-index.htm
- Executive change
  Mark Lindsey was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at Cineverse Corp..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On September 13, 2023, the Company announced the appointment of Mark Lindsey, 56, as Chief Financial Officer, effective as of September 14, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1173204/000095017023048437/0000950170-23-048437-index.htm

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