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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001079973-26-001029"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DUOT"
cik: "0001396536"
company_name: "DUOS TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, INC."
filed_at: "2026-08-11T20:30:18+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-11T20:31:08.643575+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Duos Technologies sells rail unit to related party for note plus cash, exits rail industry

## Summary
- Completed sale of Duos Technologies, Inc. (DTI) to Sandbank Acosta, LLC on Aug 5, 2026, effective June 30, 2026.
- Consideration: seller note of $5,435,403 at 5% interest, due Aug 5, 2031, plus $3.5M cash funded pre-close.
- Related party: Adrian Goldfarb (interim CFO) owns 50% of purchaser; Board approved with independent fairness opinion.
- DTI now operates as DuosTI under President Javier Acosta; results reported as discontinued operations.
- Exit completes strategic shift to Edge Data Center and AI infrastructure via Duos Edge AI and Duos Technology Solutions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001079973-26-001029
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DUOT
- cik: 0001396536
- company_name: DUOS TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-08-11T20:30:18+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1396536/000107997326001029/0001079973-26-001029-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1396536/000107997326001029/duot_8k.htm

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