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accession: "0001683168-25-009281"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACCS"
cik: "0000843006"
company_name: "ACCESS Newswire Inc."
filed_at: "2025-12-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T12:40:19.403340+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
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confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CFO Steven Knerr base salary raised to $245,000 effective January 1, 2026

## Summary
- Compensation Committee approved increase in CFO Steven Knerr's annual base salary from $200,000 to $245,000.
- Salary change effective January 1, 2026; no other modifications to employment agreement or relationship.
- Mr. Knerr's Executive Employment Agreement dated September 16, 2024 remains unchanged.
- Committee action occurred on December 16, 2025; 8-K filed December 19, 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001683168-25-009281
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACCS
- cik: 0000843006
- company_name: ACCESS Newswire Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-12-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/843006/000168316825009281/0001683168-25-009281-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/843006/000168316825009281/access_8k.htm

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