---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-048837"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CNVS"
cik: "0001173204"
company_name: "Cineverse Corp."
filed_at: "2023-09-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T13:03:25.094014+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cineverse CFO John Canning departs effective Sep 13, 2023; separation agreement provides $175K severance

## Summary
- John Canning left as CFO on Sep 13, 2023 upon expiration of his employment agreement.
- Separation agreement provides $175,000 (6 months' base pay) plus COBRA premium reimbursement.
- Agreement includes standard release of claims, confidentiality, and non-disparagement covenants.
- No successor CFO has been announced as of the filing date.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-048837
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CNVS
- cik: 0001173204
- company_name: Cineverse Corp.
- filed_at: 2023-09-19T23:59:59+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/1173204/000095017023048837/0000950170-23-048837-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1173204/000095017023048837/cnvs-20230915.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-048837
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-048837.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-048837.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 announced that John Canning would 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/1173204/000095017023048837/0000950170-23-048837-index.htm

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