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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-26-060149"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SBIG"
cik: "0001801602"
company_name: "SpringBig Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-05-21T21:13:57+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-21T21:47:53.124182+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.9
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SpringBig default: Lead Noteholders suspend voting rights, remove CEO Jaret Christopher, appoint interim CEO

## Summary
- Lead Noteholders sent notice on May 15, 2026 suspending SpringBig's voting rights in subsidiary SpringBig Inc., vesting them in Shalcor Management.
- Jaret Christopher removed as CEO and director of SpringBig Inc.; Coley Brown appointed interim CEO, Ivona Smith appointed director.
- Noteholders have not accelerated principal payments, but company has limited access to financial resources needed to continue operations.
- Default relates to 2024 Secured Term Notes and 2024 Secured Convertible Notes, previously reported on April 28, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-26-060149
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SBIG
- cik: 0001801602
- company_name: SpringBig Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-05-21T21:13:57+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.9
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.04
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1801602/000121390026060149/0001213900-26-060149-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1801602/000121390026060149/ea0291869-8k_springbig.htm

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