---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-22-036469"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SURG"
cik: "0001392694"
company_name: "SurgePays, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-12-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T23:16:57.821017+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SurgePays appoints two new directors; Jay Jones resigns board, becomes consultant

## Summary
- Director Jay Jones resigned Dec 19, 2022; entered 12-month consulting agreement with $5K/month stock options subject to stockholder approval.
- David May resigned from Audit, Compensation, and Nominating committees but remains on the board.
- Laurie Weisberg appointed as director and chair of Compensation Committee; Richard Schurfeld appointed as director and chair of Nominating Committee.
- New directors and consultant receive monthly stock options valued at $5,000, vesting immediately, under the pending 2022 Incentive Plan.
- Indemnification Agreements entered with both new directors.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-22-036469
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SURG
- cik: 0001392694
- company_name: SurgePays, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-12-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1392694/000149315222036469/0001493152-22-036469-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1392694/000149315222036469/form8-k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Richard Schurfeld was appointed as Director at SurgePays, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On December 19, 2022, the Company appointed Richard Schurfeld as a member of the Board and to serve as a member of Audit Committee, Compensation Committee, and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1392694/000149315222036469/0001493152-22-036469-index.htm
- Executive change
  Laurie Weisberg was appointed as Director at SurgePays, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On December 19, 2022, the Company appointed Laurie Weisberg as a member of the Board and to serve as a member of the Audit Committee, Compensation Committee, and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1392694/000149315222036469/0001493152-22-036469-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jay Jones resigned as Director at SurgePays, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On December 19, 2022, Jay Jones, a member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of SurgePays, Inc. (the “Company”), notified the Company of his resignation as Director, with such resignation to become effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1392694/000149315222036469/0001493152-22-036469-index.htm

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