{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001178913-26-004746","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"LFWD","cik":"0001607962","company_name":"Lifeward Ltd.","filed_at":"2026-10-08T20:30:32+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-10-08T20:31:02.193446+00:00","generated_at":"2026-10-12T15:26:18.862929+00:00","sec_items":["5.02"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"negative","materiality_score":0.45,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.45,"confidence":"high","headline":"Incoming CFO Rami Aviram backs out; Lifeward keeps Josh Hexter as interim finance chief","bullets":["Rami Aviram, named CFO/principal financial and accounting officer effective November 1, 2026 (8-Ks filed August 31 and October 1, 2026), told Lifeward on October 4, 2026 he will not join.","Josh Hexter continues as interim principal financial officer and principal accounting officer until a successor is appointed, with no additional compensation for the extended service.","Lifeward says it is conducting a search for a permanent CFO and will announce a successor when the process concludes; Hexter also signs as Interim Chief Executive Officer.","Second disruption to the CFO seat in about a month leaves the finance function in interim hands at the Hudson, MA-based company (LFWD, Nasdaq Capital Market)."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001178913-26-004746","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001178913-26-004746.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001178913-26-004746.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001178913-26-004746.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1607962/000117891326004746/0001178913-26-004746-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1607962/000117891326004746/zk2636213.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-10-12T15:26:18.862929+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"ea85d42ac3","claim":"Rami Aviram departed as Chief Financial Officer at Lifeward Ltd..","evidence_excerpt":"On October 4, 2026, Mr. Aviram informed the Company that he has decided not to join the Company and, accordingly, will not assume the role of Chief Financial Officer.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1607962/000117891326004746/0001178913-26-004746-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"decided not to join"},{"label":"Role","value":"Chief Financial Officer"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}