---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-23-045041"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AREN"
cik: "0000894871"
company_name: "Arena Group Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-12-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T12:24:51.528713+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Arena Group appoints Manoj Bhargava as Interim CEO

## Summary
- Manoj Bhargava, founder of Innovation Ventures, appointed Interim CEO effective December 11, 2023.
- No compensation agreement has been entered into in connection with the appointment.
- Bhargava has prior related party transactions with the company, as disclosed in prior 8-K filings.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-23-045041
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AREN
- cik: 0000894871
- company_name: Arena Group Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-12-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 1.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894871/000149315223045041/0001493152-23-045041-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894871/000149315223045041/form8-k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-23-045041.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Manoj Bhargava was appointed as Interim Chief Executive Officer at Arena Group Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On December 11, 2023, the board of directors (the “Board”) of The Arena Group Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Manoj Bhargava as the Company’s Interim Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894871/000149315223045041/0001493152-23-045041-index.htm

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