secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ACCESS Newswire Inc. (ACCS)
CIK:        0000843006
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-07-01T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001654954-24-008485
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 3.02, 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Issuer Direct appoints Pollard & Staples as independent directors
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- Wesley Pollard (CPA, CFO of Primeritus) and Joseph Staples (former CMO) joined board effective July 1, 2024.
- Pollard added to Audit and Compensation Committees; Staples named Compensation Committee Chair.
- Each receives $30,000 annual cash plus restricted stock unit award valued at $30,000 vesting by June 2025.
- Board now comprises four members: Rein, Pollard, Staples, and CEO Balbirnie (Chair).

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/843006/000165495424008485/0001654954-24-008485-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/843006/000165495424008485/isdr_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001654954-24-008485

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