---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-21-024576"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "INLX"
cik: "0001081745"
company_name: "INTELLINETICS, INC."
filed_at: "2021-10-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T22:49:39.717432+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Intellinetics appoints William Cooke as Chairman of the Board effective Oct 1, 2021

## Summary
- William Cooke elected as Director and Chairman of the Board effective Oct 1, 2021, succeeding the late Robert Schroeder.
- Cooke also appointed Chair of Audit Committee and member of Compensation Committee.
- Cooke is VP at Taglich Brothers, which received $300k success fee, $440k placement fees, warrants and shares from Intellinetics in 2020.
- Press release announcing appointment was issued on October 5, 2021.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-21-024576
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: INLX
- cik: 0001081745
- company_name: INTELLINETICS, INC.
- filed_at: 2021-10-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1081745/000149315221024576/0001493152-21-024576-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1081745/000149315221024576/form8-k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-21-024576
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-21-024576.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-21-024576.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  William Cooke was appointed as Chair of the Board at INTELLINETICS, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chair of the Board
  source text: On October 1, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Intellinetics, Inc. (the “Company”) elected William Cooke, age 60, as an additional Director, and appointed Mr. Cooke as Chair of the Board, Chair of the Audit Committee of the Board, and a member of the Compensation Committee of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1081745/000149315221024576/0001493152-21-024576-index.htm

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