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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-260854"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NOTE"
cik: "0001823466"
company_name: "FiscalNote Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-10-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T01:08:30.878586+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# FiscalNote grants CEO $500k retention award, amends severance plans for Resnik and Slabaugh

## Summary
- CEO Josh Resnik receives $500k cash retention award; CFO Jon Slabaugh gets $300k; both require 48-month service.
- Amended employment agreements modify severance multiples, redefine Good Reason, and clarify Target Bonus year.
- Change in control severance plan revised to exclude CEO, CFO, and named executive officers from participation.
- Resnik's base salary remains $425k with 75% target bonus; Slabaugh's terms substantially unchanged from proxy.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-260854
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NOTE
- cik: 0001823466
- company_name: FiscalNote Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-10-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1823466/000119312525260854/0001193125-25-260854-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1823466/000119312525260854/d54296d8k.htm

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