{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001640334-26-001598","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"SKFG","cik":"0001794942","company_name":"Stark Focus Group, Inc.","filed_at":"2026-09-25T21:10:31+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-09-25T21:12:00.366427+00:00","generated_at":"2026-10-12T13:27:00.683854+00:00","sec_items":["5.02","9.01"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.3,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.3,"confidence":"high","headline":"Stark Focus Group names Matthew Szot CFO effective Oct 8, 2026; base salary $450K","bullets":["Board unanimously approved Matthew Szot, 52, as CFO effective October 8, 2026; he succeeds John Lipman, who remains CEO and had also held the CFO title.","Executive Agreement sets initial base salary of $450,000, annual cash bonus target of 50% of salary, and LTI target of 50-75% of salary starting 2027.","Fully vested $200,000 Common Stock award promised within 30 days after the Nasdaq uplisting date, provided Szot is employed in good standing on that date.","If employment ends without cause or for good reason before uplisting and the uplisting occurs within six months, he receives $200,000 cash in lieu of that equity award.","Six-month probation period allows termination with 4 weeks severance; afterward, severance is 3 months base salary plus earned bonus and accelerated time-based equity."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001640334-26-001598","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001640334-26-001598.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001640334-26-001598.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001640334-26-001598.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1794942/000164033426001598/0001640334-26-001598-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1794942/000164033426001598/stark_8k.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-10-12T13:27:00.683854+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"}