{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001437749-23-004085","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"SGC","cik":"0000095574","company_name":"SUPERIOR GROUP OF COMPANIES, INC.","filed_at":"2023-02-22T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:03:48.691576+00:00","generated_at":"2026-06-19T06:13:57.451915+00:00","sec_items":["5.02","9.01"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"negative","materiality_score":0.6,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.6,"confidence":"high","headline":"Superior Group of Companies announces death of Chairman Sidney Kirschner","bullets":["Sidney Kirschner, Chairman of the Board, passed away on February 21, 2023 at age 88.","He served as Chairman for 11 years and was a director since 1996.","During his tenure, annual revenue grew from $135M to over $536M.","Company expects to announce governance changes before filing 2023 proxy statement.","CEO Michael Benstock expressed condolences and noted Kirschner's mentorship."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-004085","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-004085.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-004085.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-004085.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/95574/000143774923004085/0001437749-23-004085-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/95574/000143774923004085/sgc20230222_8k.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-06-19T06:13:57.451915+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"ef385b52eb","claim":"Sidney Kirschner departed as Chair of the Board of Directors at SUPERIOR GROUP OF COMPANIES, INC..","evidence_excerpt":"Sidney Kirschner, a director of Superior Group of Companies, Inc., a Florida corporation (the “Company”) since 1996, passed away on February 21, 2023 at the age of 88.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/95574/000143774923004085/0001437749-23-004085-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"passed away"},{"label":"Role","value":"Chair of the Board of Directors"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}