---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001079973-26-001340"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DUOT"
cik: "0001396536"
company_name: "DUOS TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, INC."
filed_at: "2026-10-09T21:51:51+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-13T10:06:19.117477+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Duos Technologies names Matthew Polimeni Chief Legal Officer; sets CFO DeAlmeida pay at $350K plus 200K shares

## Summary
- Matthew Polimeni named Chief Legal Officer effective September 8, 2026; previously Deputy General Counsel of APR Energy 2020-2026 and Associate General Counsel of Duos 2025-2026.
- CFO Christopher DeAlmeida's employment agreement, effective August 24, 2026, runs three years to August 23, 2029, with a $350,000 base salary and 80% target bonus.
- DeAlmeida and Polimeni each received 200,000 restricted shares: DeAlmeida cliff-vests August 31, 2029; Polimeni vests October 1, 2029; full acceleration on a Change of Control.
- Termination without Cause pays 1x base salary plus target bonus and up to 12 months COBRA; change-of-control severance rises to 1.5x, 18 months COBRA and immediate vesting of all equity.
- Agreements auto-renew for one-year terms unless 60 days' written notice is given; non-renewal is treated as a termination without Cause.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001079973-26-001340
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DUOT
- cik: 0001396536
- company_name: DUOS TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-10-09T21:51:51+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1396536/000107997326001340/0001079973-26-001340-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1396536/000107997326001340/duot_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Matthew Polimeni was named as Chief Legal Officer at DUOS TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, INC..
  - Action: named
  - Role: Chief Legal Officer
  source text: On September 8, 2026, the Company named Matthew Polimeni as the Chief Legal Officer of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1396536/000107997326001340/0001079973-26-001340-index.htm
- Executive change
  Christopher DeAlmeida was named as Chief Financial Officer at DUOS TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, INC..
  - Action: named
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: The DeAlmeida Agreement is effective as of August 24, 2026, the date Mr. DeAlmeida was named Chief Financial Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1396536/000107997326001340/0001079973-26-001340-index.htm

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