---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001477932-25-002373"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "XERI"
cik: "0001481504"
company_name: "XERIANT, INC."
filed_at: "2025-04-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T23:26:33.649075+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Xeriant director Edward DeFeudis resigns; Mark Sternberg elected

## Summary
- Edward DeFeudis resigned as director effective March 31, 2025, with no disagreement with company.
- Mark Sternberg elected director effective March 31, 2025; had been on Board of Advisors since Jan 14, 2025.
- Sternberg granted 1,000,000 shares vesting quarterly; $2,500 per meeting in cash/shares.
- Sternberg receives $25,000 in shares at end of each year of service plus additional BD/IP/patent comp.
- Sternberg brings 30+ years experience in nano-coatings design, manufacturing, and patents.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001477932-25-002373
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: XERI
- cik: 0001481504
- company_name: XERIANT, INC.
- filed_at: 2025-04-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1481504/000147793225002373/0001477932-25-002373-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1481504/000147793225002373/xeri_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001477932-25-002373.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Edward DeFeudis resigned as Director at XERIANT, INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: Effective March 31, 2025, Edward DeFeudis resigned as a director of Xeriant, Inc. (the “Company”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1481504/000147793225002373/0001477932-25-002373-index.htm
- Executive change
  Mark Sternberg was elected as Director at XERIANT, INC..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: Effective March 31, 2025, Mark Sternberg was elected as a director of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1481504/000147793225002373/0001477932-25-002373-index.htm

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