secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Stardust Power Inc. (SDST)
CIK:        0001831979
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-11T12:00:27+00:00
Accession:  0001493152-26-036984
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.30
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1831979/000149315226036984/0001493152-26-036984-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1831979/000149315226036984/form8-k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-26-036984

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