---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-23-045058"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KUST"
cik: "0001342958"
company_name: "KUSTOM ENTERTAINMENT, INC."
filed_at: "2023-12-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T11:46:58.698708+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Digital Ally director Daniel Hutchins to retire Dec 31; D. Duke Daughtery named Audit Chair

## Summary
- Daniel F. Hutchins notified board of retirement effective Dec 31, 2023; will not seek reelection.
- D. Duke Daughtery appointed as Audit Committee Chairman, replacing Hutchins.
- Daughtery retired from public accounting in 2019 after 32 years at Grant Thornton and Deloitte.
- Daughtery served as assurance partner and audit practice leader, including Fortune 500 clients.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-23-045058
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KUST
- cik: 0001342958
- company_name: KUSTOM ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-12-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1342958/000149315223045058/0001493152-23-045058-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1342958/000149315223045058/form8-k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-23-045058.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  D. Duke Daughtery was appointed as Audit Committee Chairman at KUSTOM ENTERTAINMENT, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Audit Committee Chairman
  source text: D. Duke Daughtery, will replace Mr. Hutchins as the Audit Committee Chairman.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1342958/000149315223045058/0001493152-23-045058-index.htm
- Executive change
  Daniel F. Hutchins retired as Director at KUSTOM ENTERTAINMENT, INC..
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Director
  source text: On December 15, 2023, Daniel F. Hutchins notified the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Digital Ally, Inc. (the “Company”) that he intends to retire as a director of the Board, effective December 31, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1342958/000149315223045058/0001493152-23-045058-index.htm

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