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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"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T13:27:00.683854+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Stark Focus Group names Matthew Szot CFO effective Oct 8, 2026; base salary $450K

## Summary
- 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.

## SEC filing metadata
- 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
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- 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

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