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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-23-062213"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RFL"
cik: "0001713863"
company_name: "Rafael Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-08-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-12T14:08:36.239619+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Howard Jonas gains control of Rafael Holdings via share transfer to his limited partnership

## Summary
- On July 31, 2023, eight trusts transferred 787,163 Class A shares (51.3% voting power) to a limited partnership controlled by Howard Jonas.
- Howard Jonas, Executive Chairman, is sole manager of GP, giving him sole voting and dispositive power over the shares.
- Following the transfer, Jonas becomes controlling stockholder; company becomes a controlled company under NYSE rules.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-23-062213
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RFL
- cik: 0001713863
- company_name: Rafael Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-08-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1713863/000121390023062213/0001213900-23-062213-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1713863/000121390023062213/ea182734-8k_rafaelhold.htm

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