---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-25-007823"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "REKR"
cik: "0001697851"
company_name: "Rekor Systems, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-03-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-24T15:53:14.727092+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Rekor Systems Q4 net loss widens to $20.4M; CEO David Desharnais resigns

## Summary
- Preliminary FY2024 revenue above $45.5M (+30% YoY); Q4 revenue above $12.5M (+12% YoY).
- Q4 2024 net loss $20.4M vs $11.3M in Q4 2023; full-year net loss $61.5M vs $45.7M.
- Adjusted EBITDA improved modestly: Q4 -$5.0M vs -$6.7M; full year -$29.4M vs -$29.9M.
- CEO David Desharnais resigned on March 14; Board Chairman Robert A. Berman named interim CEO; search for permanent CEO begun.
- Board realigned operations: workforce reductions, focus on Rekor Scout and Rekor Discover products to accelerate cash flow.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-25-007823
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: REKR
- cik: 0001697851
- company_name: Rekor Systems, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-03-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1697851/000143774925007823/0001437749-25-007823-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1697851/000143774925007823/rekr20250316_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-25-007823
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-25-007823.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-25-007823.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  David Desharnais resigned as Chief Executive Officer at Rekor Systems, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: David Desharnais, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, resigned from the Company, which resignation was accepted by Company’s Board of Directors on March 14, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1697851/000143774925007823/0001437749-25-007823-index.htm

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