---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001654954-24-007927"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACCS"
cik: "0000843006"
company_name: "ACCESS Newswire Inc."
filed_at: "2024-06-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T04:00:40.880814+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Issuer Direct board loses Chairperson Michael Nowlan and Marti Beller; resignations effective immediately

## Summary
- Michael Nowlan resigned as Board Chair and Audit Committee member on June 13, 2024.
- Marti Beller (Lazear) resigned as Compensation Committee Chair and board member same day.
- Company intends to appoint new board members as soon as practical.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001654954-24-007927
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACCS
- cik: 0000843006
- company_name: ACCESS Newswire Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-06-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/843006/000165495424007927/0001654954-24-007927-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/843006/000165495424007927/isdr_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001654954-24-007927
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001654954-24-007927.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001654954-24-007927.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michael Nowlan resigned as Chairperson of the Board at ACCESS Newswire Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chairperson of the Board
  source text: On June 13, 2024, Michael Nowlan submitted notice of his resignation as a member of the Board of the Company, including all applicable Committees of the Board, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/843006/000165495424007927/0001654954-24-007927-index.htm
- Executive change
  Marti Beller (Lazear) resigned as Director and Chairperson of the Compensation Committee at ACCESS Newswire Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director and Chairperson of the Compensation Committee
  source text: On June 13, 2024, Marti Beller (Lazear) submitted notice of her resignation as a member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Issuer Direct Corporation (the “Company”), including all applicable Committees of the Board, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/843006/000165495424007927/0001654954-24-007927-index.htm

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