---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-24-001511"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RIME"
cik: "0000923601"
company_name: "Algorhythm Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-01-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T03:45:02.114100+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Singing Machine CFO Lionel Marquis retires; Richard Perez appointed as successor

## Summary
- Lion Marquis retired as CFO on Dec 31, 2023; no disagreement with the company.
- Board appointed Richard Perez as CFO effective Jan 3, 2024; he was Corporate Controller since May 2023.
- Perez, 53, has 28 years of accounting/operations experience, including CFO at True Grade and SYSCO director roles.
- Compensation for Perez as CFO not yet disclosed; will be filed in subsequent 8-K.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-24-001511
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RIME
- cik: 0000923601
- company_name: Algorhythm Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-01-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/923601/000149315224001511/0001493152-24-001511-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/923601/000149315224001511/form8-k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Richard Perez was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at Algorhythm Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company approved, effective as of January 3, 2024, the appointment of Richard Perez, the current Corporate Controller, as Chief Financial Officer of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/923601/000149315224001511/0001493152-24-001511-index.htm
- Executive change
  Lionel Marquis retired as Chief Financial Officer at Algorhythm Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Effective December 31, 2023, Lionel Marquis retired as Chief Financial Officer of The Singing Machine Company, Inc. (the “Company”) .
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/923601/000149315224001511/0001493152-24-001511-index.htm

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