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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-26-027995"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BYRN"
cik: "0001354866"
company_name: "Byrna Technologies Inc."
filed_at: "2026-08-14T20:03:25+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-14T20:08:01.193293+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Byrna appoints Brig. Gen. Rose Lopez Keravuori to board; Emily Rooney resigns

## Summary
- Emily Rooney resigned as director effective Aug 10, 2026; no disagreement with company cited.
- Rose Lopez Keravuori appointed to board effective Aug 10, 2026; retired U.S. Army Brigadier General, ex-Director of Intelligence at U.S. Africa Command.
- Board dissolved Product Safety Committee, formed Enterprise Risk Management Committee; Keravuori, Kennedy, Roth, Davis appointed.
- 2026 annual meeting set for Sept 25, 2026; Rule 14a-8 proposals due Aug 24, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-26-027995
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BYRN
- cik: 0001354866
- company_name: Byrna Technologies Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-08-14T20:03:25+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.08, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1354866/000143774926027995/0001437749-26-027995-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1354866/000143774926027995/byrn20260812_8k.htm

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