secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Energous Corp (WATT)
CIK:        0001575793
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-01-16T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-26-004553
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.35
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Energous promotes Gregory Sadikoff to Chief Accounting Officer
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- Gregory Sadikoff promoted to CAO effective January 12, 2026; previously VP Finance since Feb 2024.
- Annual base salary of $201,600; bonus target 40% of base; eligible for equity grants.
- Sadikoff, 41, is a CPA licensed in California; prior roles at Knightscope and Compass Group.
- No family relationships with directors/executives; no reportable transactions under Item 404(a).

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1575793/000110465926004553/0001104659-26-004553-index.htm
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  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-004553

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