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accession: "0001013762-24-001573"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001668370"
company_name: "Toughbuilt Industries, Inc"
filed_at: "2024-07-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T15:58:24.745280+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ToughBuilt appoints Monica Pitterle as independent director and audit committee chair

## Summary
- Monica Pitterle, CPA, appointed to Board effective July 23, 2024.
- Will serve as Chair of the Audit Committee and designated audit committee financial expert.
- Board determined Pitterle meets Nasdaq independence and SEC Rule 10A-3 standards.
- Pitterle brings over 35 years of experience including roles at Ernst & Young, Comcast/Time Warner, and ADC Telecommunications.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001013762-24-001573
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001668370
- company_name: Toughbuilt Industries, Inc
- filed_at: 2024-07-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1668370/000101376224001573/0001013762-24-001573-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1668370/000101376224001573/ea0210103-8k_tough.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001013762-24-001573
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001013762-24-001573.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001013762-24-001573.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Monica Pitterle was appointed as Director and Chair of Audit Committee at Toughbuilt Industries, Inc.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director and Chair of Audit Committee
  source text: On July 23, 2024, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of ToughBuilt Industries, Inc. (the "Company") appointed Monica Pitterle, CPA, as a member of the Board, effectively immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1668370/000101376224001573/0001013762-24-001573-index.htm

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