---
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"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T06:13:57.451915+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Superior Group of Companies announces death of Chairman Sidney Kirschner

## Summary
- 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.

## SEC filing metadata
- 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
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- 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

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-004085
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-004085.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-004085.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Sidney Kirschner departed as Chair of the Board of Directors at SUPERIOR GROUP OF COMPANIES, INC..
  - Action: passed away
  - Role: Chair of the Board of Directors
  source text: 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_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/95574/000143774923004085/0001437749-23-004085-index.htm

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