---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-24-007396"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SBET"
cik: "0001981535"
company_name: "Sharplink, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-02-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T22:26:00.847303+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SharpLink Gaming appoints Robert Gutkowski to board after Adrienne Anderson resigns

## Summary
- Adrienne Anderson resigned as director and Audit Committee chair; no disagreement cited.
- Leslie Bernhard appointed new Audit Committee chair; Gutkowski joins Board and Audit/Comp Committees.
- CEO Rob Phythian gets new 2-year deal: $285K base, 42.5% bonus potential, 100K RSUs.
- CFO Robert DeLucia gets new 2-year deal: $230K base, 40% bonus potential, 80K RSUs.
- Gutkowski is former MSG President who structured Yankees' $486M cable deal and co-founded SFX Entertainment.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-24-007396
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SBET
- cik: 0001981535
- company_name: Sharplink, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-02-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1981535/000149315224007396/0001493152-24-007396-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1981535/000149315224007396/form8-k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-24-007396
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-24-007396.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Robert Gutkowski was appointed as Director at Sharplink, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On February 16, 2024, the Board approved the appointment of Robert Gutkowski as a new member of the Board, effective February 16, 2024, to fill the vacancy resulting from Ms. Anderson’s departure.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1981535/000149315224007396/0001493152-24-007396-index.htm
- Executive change
  Adrienne Anderson resigned as Director at Sharplink, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On February 16, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of SharpLink Gaming, Inc. (“SharpLink” or the “Company”) accepted the resignation of Adrienne Anderson as a director on the Board, as Chairperson of the Audit Committee and as a member of the Compensation Committee, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1981535/000149315224007396/0001493152-24-007396-index.htm

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