---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001185185-25-001413"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IVFH"
cik: "0000312257"
company_name: "INNOVATIVE FOOD HOLDINGS INC"
filed_at: "2025-10-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T04:15:34.717452+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Innovative Food Holdings appoints Gary Schubert as CEO, replacing Bill Bennett

## Summary
- Gary Schubert appointed CEO, board member, effective Oct 3, 2025; resigns as CFO.
- Schubert to receive $400k base salary (from Jan 1, 2026), 3% annual increases, and 1.35M share grant.
- Annual incentive target of $137,500, capped at $400k or 8% of adjusted free cash flow.
- Former CEO Bill Bennett resigns effective Oct 3, 2025; gets severance of $115,500.97 plus health benefits.
- Bennett to provide consulting Jan 1–Mar 31 for $25,000; resignation not due to disagreement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001185185-25-001413
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IVFH
- cik: 0000312257
- company_name: INNOVATIVE FOOD HOLDINGS INC
- filed_at: 2025-10-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/312257/000118518525001413/0001185185-25-001413-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/312257/000118518525001413/ivfh8k100925.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001185185-25-001413
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001185185-25-001413.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001185185-25-001413.txt

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