---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-22-081424"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SNES"
cik: "0001680378"
company_name: "SenesTech, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-12-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T01:49:03.104514+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SenesTech grants inducement equity to new CEO Fruendt (RSUs + 71,500 options) and two other hires

## Summary
- CEO Joel Fruendt receives 18,799 RSUs (quarterly vest over 12 months) and options for 71,500 shares.
- CTO Dan Palasky gets options for 26,500 shares; VP Alice Myton gets options for 1,000 shares.
- Options exercise price $2.66, vest monthly over three years, five-year term.
- Grants approved as inducements material to employment under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-22-081424
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SNES
- cik: 0001680378
- company_name: SenesTech, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-12-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1680378/000121390022081424/0001213900-22-081424-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1680378/000121390022081424/ea170530-8k_senestech.htm

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