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Issuer:     Charlton Aria Acquisition Corp (CHAR)
CIK:        0002024459
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-07-28T21:00:16+00:00
Accession:  0001213900-26-082335
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.40
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Charlton Aria appoints Paul Strickland as CFO, two independent directors; acting CFO Lee departs
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- Paul Strickland appointed CFO and director effective July 22, 2026; Jung Min Lee ceases as acting CFO.
- Kyoung Tak Kim appointed independent director and audit committee member; Wang Jo Cha appointed independent director and compensation committee member.
- CFO compensation: $5,000 annual cash, deferred lump sum upon business combination, no interest.
- Directors receive no cash compensation; possible stock-based compensation later.
- Strickland has restructuring and small public company experience; Kim is CPA with KPMG background; Cha has Korea Exchange and finance ministry experience.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2024459/000121390026082335/0001213900-26-082335-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2024459/000121390026082335/ea0299588-8k_charlton.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-26-082335

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