secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Stardust Power Inc. (SDST)
CIK:        0001831979
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-01-30T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001493152-26-004539
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Stardust Power hires Bruce Czachor as General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer & Secretary
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- Appointment effective January 26, 2026; Czachor reports directly to CEO Roshan Pujari.
- Annual base salary of $400,000; sign-on award of 40,000 shares of common stock.
- Discretionary annual bonus targeted at 75% of base salary (max 200% of target).
- Czachor brings 30+ years experience; most recently EVP & Chief Legal Officer at Piedmont Lithium.
- Severance: 12 months' base salary (outside CIC) or 2x (salary + target bonus) during CIC protection period.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1831979/000149315226004539/0001493152-26-004539-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1831979/000149315226004539/form8-k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-26-004539

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