---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-338457"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DXLG"
cik: "0000813298"
company_name: "DESTINATION XL GROUP, INC."
filed_at: "2026-08-06T21:22:18+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-06T21:24:41.967988+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Destination XL appoints Chairman Lionel Conacher as Interim CEO; Kanter retires

## Summary
- Lionel Conacher named Interim CEO effective Aug 12, 2026, succeeding Harvey Kanter who retires and resigns from Board.
- Conacher receives $80K/month salary plus $15K/month in vested stock; no severance or change-in-control benefits.
- Board committee changes: Conacher steps down from Audit and Compensation; Carmen Bauza named Lead Independent Director.
- Press release references FullBeauty merger transaction and Zodiac Partners' unsolicited tender offer as key near-term items.
- Conacher to lead search for permanent CEO; company focuses on FiTMAP rollout, AI investment, and GLP-1 usage response.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-338457
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DXLG
- cik: 0000813298
- company_name: DESTINATION XL GROUP, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-08-06T21:22:18+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/813298/000119312526338457/0001193125-26-338457-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/813298/000119312526338457/dxlg-20260729.htm

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