---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-24-043377"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "REED"
cik: "0001140215"
company_name: "REED'S, INC."
filed_at: "2024-11-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T06:49:25.117540+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Three directors resign from Reed's board; Whitebox transfers secured notes to majority stockholder

## Summary
- John J. Bello (Chairman), Louis Imbrogno, Jr., and Thomas W. Kosler resigned from board on Oct 28-29, 2024.
- Bello had been Chairman and served on operating committee; Kosler was audit committee chair; Imbrogno served on governance, audit, and compensation committees.
- On Oct 10, 2024, Whitebox funds sold their entire interests in eight secured promissory notes of Reed's to majority stockholder D&D Source of Life Holding Ltd.
- The notes are secured by substantially all of Reed's assets, including intellectual property.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-24-043377
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: REED
- cik: 0001140215
- company_name: REED'S, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-11-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1140215/000149315224043377/0001493152-24-043377-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1140215/000149315224043377/form8-k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-24-043377.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Louis Imbrogno, Jr. resigned as Director at REED'S, INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On October 28, John J. Bello and Louis Imbrogno, Jr. resigned from the board of directors (“board”) of Reed’s, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Reed’s”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1140215/000149315224043377/0001493152-24-043377-index.htm
- Executive change
  Thomas W. Kosler resigned as Director at REED'S, INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On October 29, Thomas W. Kosler also resigned from the board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1140215/000149315224043377/0001493152-24-043377-index.htm
- Executive change
  John J. Bello resigned as Chairman of the Board at REED'S, INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chairman of the Board
  source text: On October 28, John J. Bello and Louis Imbrogno, Jr. resigned from the board of directors (“board”) of Reed’s, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Reed’s”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1140215/000149315224043377/0001493152-24-043377-index.htm

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