---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001680873-24-000001"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HFFG"
cik: "0001680873"
company_name: "HF Foods Group Inc."
filed_at: "2024-02-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T04:52:55.649587+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# HF Foods appoints Lin as President and interim CFO; CFO Rodriguez on leave

## Summary
- Felix Lin appointed President and COO, effective Feb 12; base salary raised to $495,000.
- CFO Carlos Rodriguez takes leave of absence for personal reasons, effective Feb 12.
- Lin also named interim CFO; receives additional $20,000 per month for interim role.
- Credit agreement amended: $2.75M borrowing base reserve for real estate development; cap on capital lease debt removed.
- Lin previously served as COO since May 2022 and as independent director from Nov 2019 to Apr 2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001680873-24-000001
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HFFG
- cik: 0001680873
- company_name: HF Foods Group Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-02-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1680873/000168087324000001/0001680873-24-000001-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1680873/000168087324000001/hffg-20240206.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Xi Lin was appointed as President and Chief Operating Officer at HF Foods Group Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Operating Officer
  source text: the Board had appointed Xi Lin (aka Felix Lin) to serve as President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company, effective February 12, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1680873/000168087324000001/0001680873-24-000001-index.htm
- Executive change
  Xi Lin was appointed as Interim Chief Financial Officer at HF Foods Group Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim Chief Financial Officer
  source text: the Board appointed Mr. Lin to serve as Interim Chief Financial Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1680873/000168087324000001/0001680873-24-000001-index.htm
- Executive change
  Carlos Rodriguez changed role as Chief Financial Officer at HF Foods Group Inc..
  - Action: leave of absence
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Carlos Rodriguez, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, is taking a leave of absence for personal reasons, effective February 12, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1680873/000168087324000001/0001680873-24-000001-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  HF Foods Group Inc. amended Amendment No. 1 to Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (effective 2024-02-06).
  - Action: amendment
  - Agreement: credit facility
  - Counterparty: lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent
  - Effective: 2024-02-06
  source text: On February 6, 2024, HF Foods Group Inc. (the “Company”) and certain of its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Borrowers”) entered into that certain Amendment No. 1 to Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “Amendment”) with the lenders party thereto (the “Lenders”) and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., a national banking association, as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1680873/000168087324000001/0001680873-24-000001-index.htm

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