---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001731122-24-000330"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SBEV"
cik: "0001553788"
company_name: "SPLASH BEVERAGE GROUP, INC."
filed_at: "2024-03-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T05:29:48.851458+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Splash Beverage Group appoints Dr. John Paglia to Board and Audit Committee Chair

## Summary
- Dr. John Paglia appointed to Board and Audit Committee Chair, effective Feb 26, 2024.
- Granted option for 600,000 shares at Feb 26 closing price; vesting over 2 years (200k immediate, 50k quarterly).
- Receives monthly cash stipend of $5,000.
- Paglia is tenured Finance Professor at Pepperdine and independent director at SLP and ALMU.
- CEO expects Paglia's financial expertise to aid growth and shareholder value.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001731122-24-000330
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SBEV
- cik: 0001553788
- company_name: SPLASH BEVERAGE GROUP, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-03-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1553788/000173112224000330/0001731122-24-000330-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1553788/000173112224000330/e5459_8-k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001731122-24-000330
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001731122-24-000330.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001731122-24-000330.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Dr. John Paglia was appointed as Director and Audit Committee Chair at SPLASH BEVERAGE GROUP, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director and Audit Committee Chair
  source text: On February 26, 2024, the Board of Directors of Splash Beverage Group, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Dr. John Paglia to serve as a Director of the Company, effective as of the same date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1553788/000173112224000330/0001731122-24-000330-index.htm

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