---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-26-024539"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NWTG"
cik: "0001934245"
company_name: "Newton Golf Company, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-05-20T13:00:16+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-20T13:02:49.411068+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Newton Golf appoints Gregg Hemphill as independent director, effective May 19, 2026

## Summary
- Gregg Hemphill appointed to Board of Directors effective May 19, 2026; qualifies as independent under Nasdaq rules.
- Hemphill will serve on Audit, Compensation, and Nominating Committees.
- Receives annual cash retainer of $30,000, annual RSUs of $37,500, and initial RSU award of $30,000.
- Appointment effective until 2026 annual meeting of stockholders.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-26-024539
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NWTG
- cik: 0001934245
- company_name: Newton Golf Company, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-05-20T13:00:16+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1934245/000149315226024539/0001493152-26-024539-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1934245/000149315226024539/form8-k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-26-024539.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Gregg Hemphill was appointed as director at Newton Golf Company, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: director
  source text: On May 19, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Newton Golf Company, Inc. (the “Company”), upon the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board (the “Nominating Committee”), appointed Gregg Hemphill as a director, effective May 19, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1934245/000149315226024539/0001493152-26-024539-index.htm

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