---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-24-008404"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "JANL"
cik: "0001133062"
company_name: "JANEL CORP"
filed_at: "2024-02-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T00:03:19.105205+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Janel Corp appoints Joseph R. Ferrara as CFO, Treasurer and Secretary effective Feb 15, 2024

## Summary
- Mr. Ferrara, 59, previously CFO of Rubicon Technology (Feb-Oct 2023) and spent 17 years at Louis Dreyfus Commodities.
- Annual salary of $250,000 approved; annual bonus terms to be determined later.
- Ferrara will serve as principal financial and accounting officer; eligible for company benefits and 401(k).
- No family relationships or material interests in transactions with the company.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-24-008404
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: JANL
- cik: 0001133062
- company_name: JANEL CORP
- filed_at: 2024-02-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133062/000114036124008404/0001140361-24-008404-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133062/000114036124008404/ef20021906_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-24-008404
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-24-008404.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-24-008404.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Joseph R. Ferrara was appointed as Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary at JANEL CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary
  source text: On February 14, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Janel Corporation (the “Company”) appointed Joseph R. Ferrara, age 59, as Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary of the Company, effective as of February 15, 2024 (the “Effective Date”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133062/000114036124008404/0001140361-24-008404-index.htm

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