---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001477932-22-006557"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UPXI"
cik: "0001775194"
company_name: "UPEXI, INC."
filed_at: "2022-08-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T18:48:58.796592+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Upexi appoints Anthony Bazan as COO with $350K salary and equity grant

## Summary
- Bazan, 57, named COO effective Aug 29, 2022; prior CEO of OnlineTech Stores and Imaging Supplies Consolidation.
- Annual salary $350K; cash/equity bonus up to $100K/yr; granted option for 270K shares at $4.60.
- Bazan previously COO at Mega Brands (2008-2011), where revenue grew $200M and stock rose from $0.45 to $9.75.
- Also served as CEO of TM International (2017-2021), turning around a failing e-commerce company during COVID.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001477932-22-006557
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UPXI
- cik: 0001775194
- company_name: UPEXI, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-08-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1775194/000147793222006557/0001477932-22-006557-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1775194/000147793222006557/upxi_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001477932-22-006557
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001477932-22-006557.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001477932-22-006557.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Anthony Bazan was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at UPEXI, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On August 29, 2022, Upexi, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), appointed Anthony Bazan as Chief Operating Officer of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1775194/000147793222006557/0001477932-22-006557-index.htm

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