---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001477932-22-000337"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SOBR"
cik: "0001425627"
company_name: "SOBR Safe, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-01-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T17:09:59.571862+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SOBR SAFE appoints Gerard Wenzel as CFO; shareholders approve reverse stock split and equity plan increase

## Summary
- David Gandini resigned as CFO effective Jan 1, 2022, remains CEO and Secretary.
- Gerard Wenzel appointed CFO, with base salary $175,000, 200,000 incentive stock options, 50,000 RSUs.
- Shareholders (77% owned) approved reverse stock split (1:2 to 1:3) for Nasdaq listing.
- Shareholders approved increase in 2019 Equity Plan shares from 3,848,467 to 5,200,000.
- Shareholders re-elected six directors and ratified auditor Macias Gini O'Connell LLP.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001477932-22-000337
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SOBR
- cik: 0001425627
- company_name: SOBR Safe, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-01-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1425627/000147793222000337/0001477932-22-000337-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1425627/000147793222000337/sobr_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  David Gandini resigned as Chief Financial Officer at SOBR Safe, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On January 1, 2022, David Gandini submitted his resignation as our Chief Financial Officer as part of our restructuring in connection with our planned listing on Nasdaq.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1425627/000147793222000337/0001477932-22-000337-index.htm
- Executive change
  Gerard Wenzel was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at SOBR Safe, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Effective January 1, 2022, our Board of Directors appointed Gerard Wenzel as our Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1425627/000147793222000337/0001477932-22-000337-index.htm

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