---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-088082"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SMRT"
cik: "0001837014"
company_name: "SmartRent, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-07-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T14:29:02.546529+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SmartRent CEO Lucas Haldeman departs; CFO Daryl Stemm named interim principal executive officer

## Summary
- CEO Lucas Haldeman departed and resigned from board effective July 29, 2024; search for new CEO initiated.
- CFO Daryl Stemm appointed Interim Principal Executive Officer; six-member Management Committee formed.
- Haldeman receives $1.17M cash (18 months base salary), COBRA coverage, and accelerated equity vesting.
- Management Committee members get additional compensation equal to six months base salary (e.g., Stemm $162.5k, DeRose-Wilson $169k, Young $163.8k).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-088082
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SMRT
- cik: 0001837014
- company_name: SmartRent, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-07-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1837014/000095017024088082/0000950170-24-088082-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1837014/000095017024088082/smrt-20240729.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-088082.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Daryl Stemm was appointed as Interim Principal Executive Officer at SmartRent, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim Principal Executive Officer
  source text: The Company has appointed Daryl Stemm, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, as the Company’s Interim Principal Executive Officer, effective as of July 29, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1837014/000095017024088082/0000950170-24-088082-index.htm
- Executive change
  Lucas Haldeman departed as Chief Executive Officer and Chairperson of the Board at SmartRent, Inc..
  - Action: departed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer and Chairperson of the Board
  source text: On July 30, 2024, SmartRent, Inc. (the “Company”) announced the departure of Lucas Haldeman, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and Chairperson of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) effective July 29, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1837014/000095017024088082/0000950170-24-088082-index.htm

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