---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001654954-24-002205"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACCS"
cik: "0000843006"
company_name: "ACCESS Newswire Inc."
filed_at: "2024-02-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T16:08:59.228147+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CFO Timothy Pitoniak resigns effective March 8; Steve Knerr named interim CFO

## Summary
- CFO Timothy Pitoniak resigns effective March 8, 2024; no disagreement with operations or policies.
- Steve Knerr, current VP of Finance and Controller, to serve as interim CFO and interim Principal Accounting Officer.
- Knerr previously served as CFO from 2015 to 2022; current base salary $178,500.
- Company intends to conduct formal search for permanent CFO.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001654954-24-002205
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACCS
- cik: 0000843006
- company_name: ACCESS Newswire Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-02-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/843006/000165495424002205/0001654954-24-002205-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/843006/000165495424002205/isdr_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Timothy Pitoniak resigned as Chief Financial Officer at ACCESS Newswire Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On February 20, 2024, Timothy Pitoniak informed Issuer Direct Corporation (the “ Company ”) of his resignation as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective March 8, 2024 (the “ Effective Date” ).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/843006/000165495424002205/0001654954-24-002205-index.htm
- Executive change
  Steve Knerr was appointed as interim Principal Accounting Officer and interim Chief Financial Officer at ACCESS Newswire Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: interim Principal Accounting Officer and interim Chief Financial Officer
  source text: the Board intends to appoint Steve Knerr, the Company’s current Vice President of Finance and Controller, as its interim Principal Accounting Officer and interim Chief Financial Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/843006/000165495424002205/0001654954-24-002205-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.