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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001627475-25-000063"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UPWK"
cik: "0001627475"
company_name: "UPWORK, INC"
filed_at: "2025-12-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T13:30:14.888256+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Upwork appoints Sabrina Mekhalfa as Chief Accounting Officer effective Dec 15, 2025

## Summary
- Appointed Sabrina Mekhalfa, age 57, as Chief Accounting Officer, effective December 15, 2025.
- Base salary of $365,000; target annual bonus of 50% of base salary; $175,000 sign-on bonus (subject to clawback).
- Equity grant of RSUs valued at $850,000, vesting quarterly over three years.
- Severance: 6 months' base salary for non-CIC termination; 12 months' base plus pro-rata bonus and full equity acceleration upon CIC termination.
- Prior roles: CAO at Velocity Global (Pebl) and UserTesting; consulting from Sept 2023 to Feb 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001627475-25-000063
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UPWK
- cik: 0001627475
- company_name: UPWORK, INC
- filed_at: 2025-12-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1627475/000162747525000063/0001627475-25-000063-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1627475/000162747525000063/upwork-20251208.htm

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