secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     DUOS TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, INC. (DUOT)
CIK:        0001396536
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-10-09T21:51:51+00:00
Accession:  0001079973-26-001340
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.30
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1396536/000107997326001340/0001079973-26-001340-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1396536/000107997326001340/duot_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001079973-26-001340

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