---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-25-027013"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SDCH"
cik: "0001022505"
company_name: "SideChannel, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-12-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T13:36:56.270564+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SideChannel Chairwoman Deborah MacConnel to retire at next annual meeting; RSUs accelerated

## Summary
- Deborah MacConnel will step down as Chairwoman and Board member at the next Annual Stockholders Meeting and will not stand for re-election.
- Departure is not the result of any disagreement with management, the Board, or the Company on operations or practices.
- Company will accelerate vesting of 333,667 RSUs originally scheduled for March 1, 2026; the remaining 333,667 RSUs from the December 2024 award will be forfeited.
- Ms. MacConnel will continue as a director and Chairwoman until the Annual Meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-25-027013
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SDCH
- cik: 0001022505
- company_name: SideChannel, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-12-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1022505/000149315225027013/0001493152-25-027013-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1022505/000149315225027013/form8-k.htm

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