---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-23-020414"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AREN"
cik: "0000894871"
company_name: "Arena Group Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-06-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T06:15:57.201286+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Arena Group appoints CFO Douglas B. Smith as principal accounting officer

## Summary
- Douglas B. Smith, CFO since May 2019, appointed principal accounting officer effective June 5, 2023.
- No change to Smith's compensation arrangement as a result of the appointment.
- No family relationships or transactions requiring disclosure under Item 404(a).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-23-020414
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AREN
- cik: 0000894871
- company_name: Arena Group Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-06-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894871/000149315223020414/0001493152-23-020414-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894871/000149315223020414/form8-k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-23-020414.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Douglas B. Smith was appointed as principal accounting officer at Arena Group Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: principal accounting officer
  source text: On June 5, 2023, the Board of Directors of The Arena Group Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Douglas B. Smith , the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and principal financial officer, to also serve as the Company’s principal accounting officer, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894871/000149315223020414/0001493152-23-020414-index.htm

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