---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-24-017006"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SNWV"
cik: "0001417663"
company_name: "SANUWAVE Health, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-04-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T04:25:58.202517+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SANUWAVE fires CFO Toni Rinow without cause, hires Peter Sorensen as replacement

## Summary
- CFO Toni Rinow terminated without cause; receives $335,000 severance equal to one year's base salary.
- Peter Sorensen, age 31, appointed CFO effective April 1, 2024; base salary of $225,000.
- Sorensen previously VP of Finance & HR at Endogenex; also holds options for 105,000 shares.
- Sorensen eligible for annual cash bonus up to 40% of base salary and three-month severance on termination.
- New CFO has no family ties to executives or directors; no material interest in related transactions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-24-017006
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SNWV
- cik: 0001417663
- company_name: SANUWAVE Health, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-04-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1417663/000114036124017006/0001140361-24-017006-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1417663/000114036124017006/ef20025667_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Peter Sorensen was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at SANUWAVE Health, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On April 1, 2024, the Company announced its appointment of Peter Sorensen as its new Chief Financial Officer and designated him the principal financial officer of the Company, effective on the same date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1417663/000114036124017006/0001140361-24-017006-index.htm
- Executive change
  Toni Rinow departed as Chief Financial Officer at SANUWAVE Health, Inc..
  - Action: terminated without cause
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On March 28, 2024, Sanuwave Health, Inc. (the “Company”) terminated without cause its chief financial officer, Toni Rinow, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1417663/000114036124017006/0001140361-24-017006-index.htm

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