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accession: "0001104659-24-090177"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001820566"
company_name: "Inspirato Inc"
filed_at: "2024-08-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T09:05:10.148180+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Inspirato enters $10M investment from One Planet Group, appoints Payam Zamani CEO

## Summary
- Tranche 1 closed Aug 13: 1,335,271 shares for $4.58M; Tranche 2 of $5.42M + 2,915,451 warrants contingent on stockholder approval.
- CEO Eric Grosse steps down; Payam Zamani (founder/CEO of One Planet Group) appointed CEO and Chairman.
- Brad Handler steps down as Chairman; John Melicharek resigns; David Kallery and May Samali appointed directors.
- Zamani receives $1 annual salary, 500K time-vest RSUs, and 500K performance RSUs vesting at $15 stock price.
- Handler severance $216K; Grosse severance $555K plus 166,667 RSUs; both with COBRA subsidy.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-090177
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001820566
- company_name: Inspirato Inc
- filed_at: 2024-08-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 3.02, 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1820566/000110465924090177/0001104659-24-090177-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1820566/000110465924090177/tm2421594d3_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-090177.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  John Melicharek departed as Class III director at Inspirato Inc.
  - Action: stepped down
  - Role: Class III director
  source text: John Melicharek stepped down as a Class III director of the Company, and a member of each of the Compensation Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board, effective immediately;
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1820566/000110465924090177/0001104659-24-090177-index.htm
- Executive change
  May Samali was appointed as Class III director at Inspirato Inc.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class III director
  source text: May Samali was appointed as a Class III director of the Company (with a term expiring at the Company’s 2025 annual meeting of stockholders), effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1820566/000110465924090177/0001104659-24-090177-index.htm
- Executive change
  Brad Handler departed as Chairman of the Board at Inspirato Inc.
  - Action: stepped down
  - Role: Chairman of the Board
  source text: Brad Handler stepped down as a Class III director of the Company and the Chairman of the Board, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1820566/000110465924090177/0001104659-24-090177-index.htm
- Executive change
  David Kallery was appointed as Class III director at Inspirato Inc.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class III director
  source text: David Kallery, the President of the Company, was appointed as a Class III director of the Company (with a term expiring at the Company’s 2025 annual meeting of stockholders), effective immediately;
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1820566/000110465924090177/0001104659-24-090177-index.htm
- Executive change
  Payam Zamani was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at Inspirato Inc.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Payam Zamani was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer, a Class I director (with a term expiring at the Company’s 2026 annual meeting of stockholders) and the Chairman of the Board, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1820566/000110465924090177/0001104659-24-090177-index.htm
- Executive change
  Eric Grosse departed as Chief Executive Officer at Inspirato Inc.
  - Action: stepped down
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Eric Grosse stepped down as the Chief Executive Officer and a Class I director of the Company, effective immediately;
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1820566/000110465924090177/0001104659-24-090177-index.htm
- Executive change
  Payam Zamani was appointed as Chairman of the Board at Inspirato Inc.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chairman of the Board
  source text: Payam Zamani was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer, a Class I director (with a term expiring at the Company’s 2026 annual meeting of stockholders) and the Chairman of the Board, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1820566/000110465924090177/0001104659-24-090177-index.htm

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