---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-22-014003"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SGC"
cik: "0000095574"
company_name: "SUPERIOR GROUP OF COMPANIES, INC."
filed_at: "2022-06-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T05:43:32.922304+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Superior Group appoints Michael Koempel as CFO; Andrew Demott remains COO, plans 2023 retirement

## Summary
- Andrew Demott resigned as CFO effective May 31, 2022, but stays as COO and director; intends to retire as employee in 2023.
- Michael Koempel appointed CFO, previously COO of IT'SUGAR and Victoria's Secret Lingerie, and CFO of Mast Global.
- Koempel's annual salary $410k, sign-on bonus $100k (three-year clawback), 6,666 RSUs vesting in three years, guaranteed 2022 bonus min $100k.
- Koempel holds a BBA from University of Dayton and is a CPA (inactive); no familial relationships with officers or prior transactions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-22-014003
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SGC
- cik: 0000095574
- company_name: SUPERIOR GROUP OF COMPANIES, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-06-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/95574/000143774922014003/0001437749-22-014003-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/95574/000143774922014003/sgc20220601_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-22-014003.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michael Koempel was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at SUPERIOR GROUP OF COMPANIES, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: The Board appointed Michael Koempel as the Company’s new Chief Financial Officer effective on the Effective Date
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/95574/000143774922014003/0001437749-22-014003-index.htm
- Executive change
  Andrew D. Demott, Jr. resigned as Chief Financial Officer at SUPERIOR GROUP OF COMPANIES, INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On May 31, 2022, Andrew D. Demott, Jr. resigned from his position as Chief Financial Officer of Superior Group of Companies, Inc. (the “Company”) effective May 31, 2022
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/95574/000143774922014003/0001437749-22-014003-index.htm

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