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accession: "0001193125-26-129061"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "REKR"
cik: "0001697851"
company_name: "Rekor Systems, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-03-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T08:39:47.207283+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Rekor Systems CEO gets amended contract with 1M share grant; director Sarma resigns

## Summary
- Director Sanjay Sarma resigns March 25, 2026; no disagreement; remains Chairman of Rekor Labs subsidiary.
- CEO Robert Berman new agreement: $395,000 base salary, term through June 30, 2028, one-time grant of 1,000,000 fully vested shares.
- CFO Joseph Nalepa new agreement: $260,000 base salary, $75,000 initial bonus contingent on timely 2025 10-K filing and audit.
- Berman severance: 12 months base salary; change-in-control lump sum of 3x base salary. Nalepa: 12 months base salary; change-in-control lump sum of 2x base salary.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-129061
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: REKR
- cik: 0001697851
- company_name: Rekor Systems, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-03-27T23:59:59+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/1697851/000119312526129061/0001193125-26-129061-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1697851/000119312526129061/d119059d8k.htm

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