---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-100914"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EXYN"
cik: "0001960355"
company_name: "Exyn Technologies, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-08-25T21:25:57+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-25T21:28:09.207487+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CEO resigns after $286K personal expenses probe; interim CEO and chairman named

## Summary
- CEO Brandon Torres Declet resigned Aug 19 after audit found ~$286K personal expenses on company card.
- Separation Agreement: Declet repays expenses, gets no severance or option acceleration.
- COO Benjamin Williams named interim CEO; salary raised from $294K to $355K.
- Director Gregory McNeal appointed non-executive chairman, with $35K added retainer.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-100914
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EXYN
- cik: 0001960355
- company_name: Exyn Technologies, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-08-25T21:25:57+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1960355/000110465926100914/0001104659-26-100914-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1960355/000110465926100914/tm2623989d2_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-100914
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-100914.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-100914.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Benjamin Williams was appointed as Interim Chief Executive Officer at Exyn Technologies, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim Chief Executive Officer
  source text: appointed Benjamin Williams as Interim Chief Executive Officer of the Company
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1960355/000110465926100914/0001104659-26-100914-index.htm
- Executive change
  Brandon Torres Declet resigned as Chairman of the Board at Exyn Technologies, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chairman of the Board
  source text: On August 19, 2026, Mr. Declet told the Company that he would resign from his position as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1960355/000110465926100914/0001104659-26-100914-index.htm
- Executive change
  Brandon Torres Declet resigned as Chief Executive Officer at Exyn Technologies, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On August 19, 2026, Mr. Declet told the Company that he would resign from his position as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1960355/000110465926100914/0001104659-26-100914-index.htm
- Executive change
  Gregory McNeal was appointed as Non-Executive Chairman of the Board at Exyn Technologies, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Non-Executive Chairman of the Board
  source text: appointed existing director Gregory McNeal as the Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1960355/000110465926100914/0001104659-26-100914-index.htm

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