---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001477932-24-003759"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EBZT"
cik: "0001730869"
company_name: "Everything Blockchain, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-06-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T03:35:31.191544+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Chairman Michael W. Hawkins resigns; Richard C. Schaeffer appointed as Chairman

## Summary
- Michael W. Hawkins resigned as Director and Chairman effective June 14, 2024; no disagreement cited.
- Board appointed Richard C. Schaeffer as Chairman on June 17, 2024; Schaeffer has been a Director since Sept 2021.
- Schaeffer is a former NSA senior executive with ~50 years experience in cyber security; leads Comp, Nom, Risk committees.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001477932-24-003759
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EBZT
- cik: 0001730869
- company_name: Everything Blockchain, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-06-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1730869/000147793224003759/0001477932-24-003759-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1730869/000147793224003759/ebi_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001477932-24-003759
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001477932-24-003759.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001477932-24-003759.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Richard C. Schaeffer was appointed as Chairman of the Board at Everything Blockchain, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chairman of the Board
  source text: On June 17, 2024, the Board of Directors of the Company elected to appoint Mr. Richard C. Schaeffer as the Company’s Chairman of the Board to fulfill the position following the resignation of Mr. Hawkins.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1730869/000147793224003759/0001477932-24-003759-index.htm
- Executive change
  Michael W. Hawkins resigned as Chairman of the Board at Everything Blockchain, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chairman of the Board
  source text: On June 14, 2024, Michael W. Hawkins, Chairman of the Board, resigned as Director of the Company, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1730869/000147793224003759/0001477932-24-003759-index.htm

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