secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Vivakor, Inc. (VIVK)
CIK:        0001450704
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-01-20T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001683168-23-000261
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Vivakor appoints three new directors, including CFO Tyler Nelson; Matthew Balk resigns
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- John Harris and Albert Johnson appointed independent directors; both to serve on Audit, Compensation, Nominating committees.
- CFO Tyler Nelson appointed to board; he has served as CFO since 2014 (full-time from Sep 2020) and is a CPA.
- Matthew Balk resigned from board and all committees effective Jan 16, 2023; resignation not due to any dispute.
- Company discloses consulting contract with LBL Professional Consulting (Nelson's firm) totaling ~$340k in 2022.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1450704/000168316823000261/0001683168-23-000261-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1450704/000168316823000261/vivakor_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001683168-23-000261

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