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accession: "0001493152-26-040863"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "JVA"
cik: "0001007019"
company_name: "COFFEE HOLDING CO INC"
filed_at: "2026-08-31T21:15:13+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-31T21:18:27.130171+00:00"
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source: SEC EDGAR
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# Coffee Holding restores CEO salary to $450K, eliminates $1.6M bonus

## Summary
- Amendment No. 2 restores Andrew Gordon's base salary to $450,000/yr effective Feb 1, 2026 (from $80,000).
- Company must pay a make-whole lump sum for the salary difference accrued since Feb 1, 2026.
- Amendment eliminates the $1.6 million incentive bonus tied to Gordon remaining employed until Jan 1, 2030.
- Executed Aug 31, 2026; no other changes to the employment agreement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-26-040863
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: JVA
- cik: 0001007019
- company_name: COFFEE HOLDING CO INC
- filed_at: 2026-08-31T21:15:13+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1007019/000149315226040863/0001493152-26-040863-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1007019/000149315226040863/form8-k.htm

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