secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Franklin Templeton Digital Holdings Trust (EZBC)
CIK:        0001992870
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-08T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-214640
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.30
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Sponsor names Berarducci CAO/Treasurer, Kings CFO; Hinkle and Pai resign
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- Appointed Christoper Berarducci as Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer of Franklin Holdings, LLC effective May 8, 2026.
- Appointed Christopher Kings as Chief Financial Officer of the sponsor effective May 8, 2026.
- Vivek Pai resigned as CAO/Treasurer and Matthew Hinkle resigned as VP/CFO; no dispute cited.
- Berarducci has been VP, Fund Administration & Reporting at Franklin Templeton since 2020. Kings was SVP at Franklin Templeton Services since 2024.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1992870/000119312526214640/0001193125-26-214640-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1992870/000119312526214640/d132344d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-214640

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