secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Helio Corp /FL/ (HLEO)
CIK:        0001953988
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-01-20T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001213900-26-005608
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Helio Corp appoints Mark Knauf as CFO; 100k shares, salary contingent on $10M raise
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- Mark Knauf, CPA with 32+ years, appointed CFO effective January 19, 2026.
- Base salary of $120k/year payable only after company raises at least $10M in gross proceeds.
- Equity award of 100,000 restricted shares vesting quarterly (25k per quarter) starting Jan 20, 2026.
- Employment agreement: one-year term, auto-renewal, severance of 3 months salary for certain termination.
- Appointment supports NYSE uplisting and remediation of material weaknesses in internal controls.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1953988/000121390026005608/0001213900-26-005608-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1953988/000121390026005608/ea0273401-8k_helio.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-26-005608

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