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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001398344-26-009932"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0000922612"
company_name: "SCHMITT INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2026-05-28T20:18:18+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-28T20:19:22.928361+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CEO and Chairman Michael Zapata resigns; lone director Charles Davidson remains

## Summary
- Michael Zapata resigned as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board on May 8, 2026.
- Resignations not due to any disagreement with the Company.
- Charles Davidson is now the sole Board member; vacancies may be filled under Oregon law.
- No successor CEO or Chairman has been named as of the filing date.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001398344-26-009932
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0000922612
- company_name: SCHMITT INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2026-05-28T20:18:18+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/922612/000139834426009932/0001398344-26-009932-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/922612/000139834426009932/fp0099099-1_8kixbrl.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001398344-26-009932
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001398344-26-009932.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001398344-26-009932.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 039a111937
  claim: Michael Zapata resigned as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board at SCHMITT INDUSTRIES INC.
  evidence_excerpt: On May 8, 2026, Michael Zapata tendered his resignation as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Schmitt Industries, Inc. (the Company).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/922612/000139834426009932/0001398344-26-009932-index.htm

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