---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-056647"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AEYE"
cik: "0001362190"
company_name: "AUDIOEYE INC"
filed_at: "2026-05-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T21:29:12.680538+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AudioEye names CFO Kelly Georgevich as CEO; David Moradi becomes Executive Chairman

## Summary
- Kelly Georgevich appointed CEO and Secretary effective May 4, 2026; remains CFO until successor named.
- David Moradi steps down as CEO to become Executive Chairman and Chief Product Officer.
- Georgevich receives $450k base salary, 50k RSUs, and 60k PSUs; Moradi gets $1 salary, 58k RSUs, 69.6k PSUs.
- Company cites 41 straight quarters of revenue growth, adjusted EBITDA margins ~30%, and over 127k customers.
- Georgevich to report 'record results next week'; CFO search underway.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-056647
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AEYE
- cik: 0001362190
- company_name: AUDIOEYE INC
- filed_at: 2026-05-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1362190/000110465926056647/0001104659-26-056647-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1362190/000110465926056647/tm2613765d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-056647
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-056647.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-056647.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kelly Georgevich was elected as Director at AUDIOEYE INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: the Board increased the size of the Board and elected Ms. Georgevich as a director, to serve until the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders and until her successor is elected and qualified, or until her earlier death, resignation or removal.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1362190/000110465926056647/0001104659-26-056647-index.htm
- Executive change
  David Moradi was elected as Executive Chairman of the Board and Chief Product Officer at AUDIOEYE INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Executive Chairman of the Board and Chief Product Officer
  source text: the Board also elected David Moradi, previously the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, to the positions of Executive Chairman of the Board and Chief Product Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1362190/000110465926056647/0001104659-26-056647-index.htm
- Executive change
  Kelly Georgevich was elected as Chief Executive Officer and Secretary at AUDIOEYE INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer and Secretary
  source text: the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of AudioEye, Inc. (the “Company”) elected Kelly Georgevich, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, to the additional roles of Chief Executive Officer and Secretary.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1362190/000110465926056647/0001104659-26-056647-index.htm

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