---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-001181"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RFIL"
cik: "0000740664"
company_name: "R F INDUSTRIES LTD"
filed_at: "2023-01-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T14:21:58.462291+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# RF Industries awards FY2022 bonuses, raises salaries, grants equity to officers

## Summary
- CEO Robert Dawson gets $243,687 cash bonus; CFO Peter Yin $102,713; COO Ray Bibisi $78,435.
- Base salary increases: Dawson from $435K to $445K, Yin $275K to $285K, Bibisi $210K to $220K, retroactive Jan 1, 2023.
- Equity grants: Dawson 31,818 restricted shares + options for 63,636 shares at $5.59; Yin 11,364 restricted + options for 22,727; Bibisi 5,455 restricted + options for 10,909.
- Options and restricted stock vest over 4 years with one-quarter vesting Jan 11, 2024, remainder quarterly over next 3 years.
- Options have 10-year term, exercise price $5.59 (closing price on grant date).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-001181
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RFIL
- cik: 0000740664
- company_name: R F INDUSTRIES LTD
- filed_at: 2023-01-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/740664/000143774923001181/0001437749-23-001181-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/740664/000143774923001181/rfil20230117_8k.htm

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