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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-26-039257"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SHFS"
cik: "0001854963"
company_name: "SHF Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-08-19T21:20:27+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-19T21:22:06.079689+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SHF Holdings amends retention plan: directors excluded, liquidation payout removed

## Summary
- Board adopted amended retention plan on Aug 14, 2026; directors are now ineligible for retention incentives.
- Original retention agreements for directors canceled ab initio; CEO-determined Insolvency now requires Board approval.
- Change in Control definition no longer includes shareholder-approved liquidation of substantially all net assets.
- Eligible employees receive % of base salary on Change in Control, or base-salary increase tied to reorganization milestones during Insolvency.
- Retention incentive payment conditioned on execution and non-revocation of a general release of claims.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-26-039257
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SHFS
- cik: 0001854963
- company_name: SHF Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-08-19T21:20:27+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1854963/000149315226039257/0001493152-26-039257-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1854963/000149315226039257/form8-k.htm

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