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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-22-031794"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SOUN"
cik: "0001840856"
company_name: "SOUNDHOUND AI, INC."
filed_at: "2022-06-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T03:38:13.147938+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SoundHound AI sets CEO $450k salary, 720k RSUs; adopts director compensation policy

## Summary
- CEO Mohajer base salary $450k, CFO Sharan $350k, CTO Stonehocker $335k; all effective retroactive to May 1, 2022.
- CEO receives 720,000 RSUs with 4-year quarterly vest and 480,000 PSUs with revenue/cash-flow/stock-price targets.
- PSUs vest 25% each on $100M GAAP revenue, cash-flow positive, 90-day avg stock price $15, then $20.
- Non-employee director policy: $32k annual retainer, $380k initial RSU (3-year vest), $165k annual RSU.
- In Change of Control, CEO severance rises to 12 months base salary plus 12 months COBRA and accelerated RSU vesting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-22-031794
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SOUN
- cik: 0001840856
- company_name: SOUNDHOUND AI, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-06-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1840856/000121390022031794/0001213900-22-031794-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1840856/000121390022031794/ea161309-8k_soundhound.htm

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