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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001477932-26-005798"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SOBR"
cik: "0001425627"
company_name: "SOBR Safe, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-09-25T20:30:30+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T13:24:19.028880+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.9
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SOBR Safe approves retention bonuses, reports shell company status and planned dissolution vote

## Summary
- Board approved retention bonuses for directors Sandy Shoemaker $55,000, Kris Pederson $50,000, and Steven Beabout $70,000; Shoemaker also gets $30,000 and Beabout $50,000 from August bonuses.
- CEO David Gandini receives a $100,000 bonus and $270,000 release payment; CFO Chris Whitaker receives a $70,000 bonus and $270,000 release payment.
- Payments: 60% within 10 days of September 22, 2026; 40% on November 30, 2026, subject to release agreements and, for executives, continued employment.
- SOBR Safe says it meets the 'shell company' definition after discontinuing revenue operations and reducing workforce; Board approved a stockholder vote on dissolution.
- Executives agreed to stay through November 30, 2026, subject to stockholder approval of dissolution; remaining 40% is payable if the company ceases or employment ends without fault.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001477932-26-005798
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SOBR
- cik: 0001425627
- company_name: SOBR Safe, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-09-25T20:30:30+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.9
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 8.01, 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1425627/000147793226005798/0001477932-26-005798-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1425627/000147793226005798/sobr_8k.htm

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