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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-26-045552"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LEEEF"
cik: "0001711141"
company_name: "Leef Brands Inc."
filed_at: "2026-10-02T20:39:53+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T14:39:49.749225+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# LEEF Brands adds Hirsh Jain as independent director; CFO Kevin Wilson steps off board

## Summary
- Hirsh Jain, founder/CEO of cannabis advisory firm Ananda Strategy and ex-Airbnb government affairs director, appointed to the board effective October 1, 2026.
- CFO Kevin Wilson resigned from the board but continues as Chief Financial Officer; board now has five members, three of them independent.
- Jain receives a $35,000 annual cash retainer, a $50,000 initial RSU grant, plus $10,000 RSUs as Nominating Committee chair and $5,000 as Audit Committee member; RSUs vest monthly over one year.
- LEEF says it has filed DEA registration applications across its California and Nevada licenses as it prepares for interstate commerce and international exports.
- Independent directors now fill the Audit and Compensation Committees entirely, with the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee majority independent.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-26-045552
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LEEEF
- cik: 0001711141
- company_name: Leef Brands Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-10-02T20:39:53+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1711141/000149315226045552/0001493152-26-045552-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1711141/000149315226045552/form8-k.htm

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