---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-23-044459"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AMZE"
cik: "0001880343"
company_name: "AMAZE HOLDINGS, INC."
filed_at: "2023-05-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T10:52:02.529189+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Fresh Vine Wine appoints Hitesh Dheri as CFO and Secretary effective May 25, 2023

## Summary
- Annual base salary of $300,000; $200,000 cash plus $100,000 in restricted stock for first 12 months.
- Granted inducement awards: 196,463 restricted shares, 500,000 stock options at $1.00, and RSUs with target $63,575.
- Restricted stock vests in four equal installments over 12 months; stock options vest over 4 years.
- RSUs based on 2023 performance objectives, settled in shares after Form 10-K filing.
- Replaces Keith Johnson as principal financial and accounting officer.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-23-044459
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AMZE
- cik: 0001880343
- company_name: AMAZE HOLDINGS, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-05-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 3.02, 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1880343/000121390023044459/0001213900-23-044459-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1880343/000121390023044459/ea179553-8k_freshvine.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Keith Johnson departed as Chief Financial Officer at AMAZE HOLDINGS, INC..
  - Action: succeeded
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: appointed Hitesh Dheri to serve as Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of the Company, succeeding Keith Johnson.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1880343/000121390023044459/0001213900-23-044459-index.htm
- Executive change
  Hitesh Dheri was appointed as Chief Financial Officer and Secretary at AMAZE HOLDINGS, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
  source text: appointed Hitesh Dheri to serve as Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of the Company, succeeding Keith Johnson.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1880343/000121390023044459/0001213900-23-044459-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.