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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-26-036984"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SDST"
cik: "0001831979"
company_name: "Stardust Power Inc."
filed_at: "2026-08-11T12:00:27+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-11T12:05:52.592726+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Stardust Power appoints Ray Rivers to board, effective Aug 10, 2026

## Summary
- V. Ray Rivers appointed to Board effective August 10, 2026.
- Rivers to serve on Audit and Compensation Committees; deemed independent under Nasdaq rules.
- Compensation includes $25k annual cash retainer, $7.5k audit retainer, $5k comp retainer, plus ~$100k stock grant.
- Rivers brings 30+ years capital markets experience; previously at Bear Stearns, Cantor Fitzgerald, Gabelli & Co.
- Stardust Power building lithium carbonate refinery in Muskogee, OK with 50k MT/year capacity.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-26-036984
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SDST
- cik: 0001831979
- company_name: Stardust Power Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-08-11T12:00:27+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1831979/000149315226036984/0001493152-26-036984-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1831979/000149315226036984/form8-k.htm

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