---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-23-036804"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "JANL"
cik: "0001133062"
company_name: "JANEL CORP"
filed_at: "2023-07-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-12T22:49:30.392470+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Janel Corp appoints Edward S. Riley as CFO; Vincent Verde steps down as principal financial officer

## Summary
- Edward S. Riley named EVP and CFO effective August 28, 2023; previously at IDEX Corporation.
- Riley's base salary $300K; eligible for cash bonus 25%-50% of base plus restricted stock grants.
- Vincent A. Verde resigns as principal financial officer but remains as Chief Accounting Officer.
- No family relationships or transactions with directors/officers.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-23-036804
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: JANL
- cik: 0001133062
- company_name: JANEL CORP
- filed_at: 2023-07-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133062/000114036123036804/0001140361-23-036804-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133062/000114036123036804/brhc20056463_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-23-036804
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-23-036804.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-23-036804.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Vincent A. Verde resigned as Principal Financial Officer at JANEL CORP.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Principal Financial Officer
  source text: Vincent A. Verde, who has served with distinction as the Company’s principal financial officer and principal accounting officer since 2018, tendered his resignation as the Principal Financial Officer of the Company, effective as of the Effective Date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133062/000114036123036804/0001140361-23-036804-index.htm

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