---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-26-041036"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "INLX"
cik: "0001081745"
company_name: "INTELLINETICS, INC."
filed_at: "2026-09-01T20:45:25+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-09-01T20:46:07.956567+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Intellinetics CEO Matthew Chretien retires effective Sept 1; separation agreement pending

## Summary
- Matthew Chretien, CEO, retires and resigns as Secretary and Chief Strategy Officer effective Sept 1, 2026.
- Alison Forsythe is President and CEO as of Sept 1, 2026, per 8-K signature.
- Company expects to enter a separation agreement with Chretien; material terms not yet determined.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-26-041036
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: INLX
- cik: 0001081745
- company_name: INTELLINETICS, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-09-01T20:45:25+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- 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/1081745/000149315226041036/0001493152-26-041036-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1081745/000149315226041036/form8-k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-26-041036
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-26-041036.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-26-041036.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Matthew Chretien resigned as Chief Executive Officer at INTELLINETICS, INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On August 26, 2026, Matthew Chretien, Chief Executive Officer of Intellinetics, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), notified the Company that he will retire and resign his offices of Secretary and Chief Strategy Officer the Company, effective as of September 1, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1081745/000149315226041036/0001493152-26-041036-index.htm

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