secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Village Farms International, Inc. (VFF)
CIK:        0001584549
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-09-10T11:10:14+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-387204
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Village Farms names Hamid Shekarchi Interim CFO; Ruffini moves to M&A role
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- Hamid Shekarchi appointed Interim CFO effective Sept 10, 2026; previously CFO of Canadian Cannabis business.
- Stephen Ruffini steps down as CFO, becomes Head of M&A, Corporate Secretary, and advisor to CEO; remains full-time employee.
- Shekarchi compensation: C$567,000 base salary, 50% target bonus, 100,000 stock options, one-time RSU of 20% of base salary.
- Succession plan previously disclosed April 3, 2026; transition not due to disagreement with management or board.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1584549/000119312526387204/0001193125-26-387204-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1584549/000119312526387204/vff-20260910.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-387204

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