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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-21-048551"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CNVS"
cik: "0001173204"
company_name: "Cineverse Corp."
filed_at: "2021-09-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T02:53:34.857977+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cinedigm names John Canning CFO with $350K salary, 600K SARs grant

## Summary
- Effective Sept 13, 2021, John Canning appointed CFO; base salary $350,000 with target bonus $175,000.
- Received sign-on bonus of $50,000, repayable if terminated for cause or resigns without good reason before Sept 13, 2022.
- Granted stock appreciation rights for 600,000 shares at $2.10 exercise price, vesting half on Sept 13, 2022 and half on Sept 13, 2023.
- Granted performance stock units for 150,000 shares; 25% vest March 31, 2022 and 75% March 31, 2023.
- Prior roles include CFO at Firefly Systems, interim CFO at Tapjoy, and finance leadership at Discovery, Clear Channel, and Disney.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-21-048551
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CNVS
- cik: 0001173204
- company_name: Cineverse Corp.
- filed_at: 2021-09-17T23:59:59+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/1173204/000121390021048551/0001213900-21-048551-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1173204/000121390021048551/ea147500-8k_cinedigm.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  John Canning was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at Cineverse Corp..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: As of September 13, 2021, Cinedigm Corp. (the “Company”) entered into an employment agreement with John Canning (the “Canning Employment Agreement”), pursuant to which Mr. Canning will serve as Chief Financial Officer of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1173204/000121390021048551/0001213900-21-048551-index.htm

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