{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001628280-26-064565","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"HFFG","cik":"0001680873","company_name":"HF Foods Group Inc.","filed_at":"2026-10-02T20:36:41+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-10-02T20:38:00.274967+00:00","generated_at":"2026-10-12T14:39:43.101314+00:00","sec_items":["5.02","9.01"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.35,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.35,"confidence":"high","headline":"HF Foods amends CEO Lin's employment deal, signs CFO McGarry and CAO Chang, expands severance and equity vesting","bullets":["On Sept 28, 2026, HF Foods entered an amended employment agreement with CEO Felix Lin; CFO Paul McGarry and CAO Christine Chang also signed new employment agreements with one-year initial terms.","CEO agreement: company non-renewal now counts as qualifying termination for severance; pro-rata bonus eligibility date moved from June 30 to March 31.","CEO Felix Lin's base salary is $750,000 with target annual bonus 125% of salary and target equity grant 150% of salary under 2018 Omnibus Plan.","Compensation Committee amended Severance Plan to include target bonus for CEO; equity amendments move RSU/PSU vesting date from April 15 to March 17.","Equity amendments: change-in-control protection period rises from 12 to 24 months; full acceleration of unvested awards on death/disability; pro-rata PSU payout on qualifying non-CIC termination."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-064565","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-064565.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-064565.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-064565.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1680873/000162828026064565/0001628280-26-064565-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1680873/000162828026064565/hffg-20260928.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-10-12T14:39:43.101314+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}