---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-26-020912"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WKSP"
cik: "0001096275"
company_name: "Worksport Ltd"
filed_at: "2026-05-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T00:13:18.285220+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Worksport CFO Michael Johnston resigns; Jennifer Kartychak appointed effective May 1

## Summary
- Michael Johnston resigns as CFO effective April 30, 2026; no disagreement cited.
- Board appoints Jennifer Kartychak as CFO effective May 1, 2026; she was VP of Finance since Jan 2026.
- Kartychak's compensation: $220k base salary, $75k target bonus, 100k stock options, 13k share grant.
- Kartychak's consulting firm Arend Advisory Group paid $134k (2024) and $158k (2025).
- Company expects transition to in-house finance function.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-26-020912
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WKSP
- cik: 0001096275
- company_name: Worksport Ltd
- filed_at: 2026-05-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096275/000149315226020912/0001493152-26-020912-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096275/000149315226020912/form8-k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-26-020912.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jennifer Kartychak was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at Worksport Ltd.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On April 30, 2026, the Board appointed Jennifer Kartychak as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, effective May 1, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096275/000149315226020912/0001493152-26-020912-index.htm
- Executive change
  Michael Johnston resigned as Chief Financial Officer at Worksport Ltd.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On April 30, 2026, Michael Johnston informed Worksport Ltd., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), of his resignation as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1096275/000149315226020912/0001493152-26-020912-index.htm

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