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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-25-103243"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ANGX"
cik: "0001865200"
company_name: "Angel Studios, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-10-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T01:59:38.315936+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Angel Studios expands board to 7 with Katie Liljenquist and Benton Crane

## Summary
- Board increased from 5 to 7; Katie Liljenquist and Benton Crane elected as new directors effective Oct 22, 2025.
- Annual cash retainer for non-employee directors set at $50,000 plus $15,000 for Audit Committee Chair.
- Each non-employee director received RSU award with grant-date fair value ~$75,000, vesting quarterly over one year.
- Liljenquist previously served on Legacy Angel board; Crane is cousin of CEO and original founder of Legacy Angel.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-25-103243
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ANGX
- cik: 0001865200
- company_name: Angel Studios, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-10-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1865200/000110465925103243/0001104659-25-103243-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1865200/000110465925103243/tm2529664d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-103243.txt

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