---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001185185-23-000204"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IVFH"
cik: "0000312257"
company_name: "INNOVATIVE FOOD HOLDINGS INC"
filed_at: "2023-03-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T04:57:51.848754+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Innovative Food Holdings appoints Denver J. Smith to board of directors

## Summary
- Smith, co-founder of Carlson Ridge Capital, fills newly-created board seat effective March 13, 2023.
- Bylaws amended to increase maximum board size to 10 directors to accommodate appointment.
- No material transactions or family relationships with company officers or directors.
- Smith previously helped negotiate sale of a government contracting company to a REIT for over $150M in 2015.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001185185-23-000204
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IVFH
- cik: 0000312257
- company_name: INNOVATIVE FOOD HOLDINGS INC
- filed_at: 2023-03-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/312257/000118518523000204/0001185185-23-000204-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/312257/000118518523000204/innovfood20230313_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001185185-23-000204
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001185185-23-000204.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001185185-23-000204.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Denver J. Smith was appointed as Director at INNOVATIVE FOOD HOLDINGS INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: Effective March 13, 2023, Mr. Denver J. Smith was appointed a director of Innovative Food Holdings, Inc.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/312257/000118518523000204/0001185185-23-000204-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  INNOVATIVE FOOD HOLDINGS INC: Article III, Section 2 amended to increase the maximum number of directors to ten.
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  source text: Article III, Section 2 of the Company’s By-Laws was amended to provide for up to ten (10) directors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/312257/000118518523000204/0001185185-23-000204-index.htm

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