---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001731122-24-000700"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SBEV"
cik: "0001553788"
company_name: "SPLASH BEVERAGE GROUP, INC."
filed_at: "2024-04-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T06:28:24.507578+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Splash Beverage Appoints Julius Ivancsits as CFO; $325K Salary + 750k Options

## Summary
- Julius Ivancsits appointed CFO effective April 24, 2024; previously CFO of HEXO Corp, helped sell to Tilray.
- Annual base salary of $325,000, with eligibility for bonuses; granted 750,000 stock options vesting in three annual installments.
- Ivancsits will oversee accounting, tax, FP&A, treasury, M&A, and capital markets, reporting to CEO Robert Nistico.
- Board cited his experience in full deal cycle (diligence to integration) as key for Splash's M&A growth strategy.
- Ivancsits holds a BS in Business from Eastern Illinois University; no family relationships or prior transactions >$120k.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001731122-24-000700
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SBEV
- cik: 0001553788
- company_name: SPLASH BEVERAGE GROUP, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-04-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1553788/000173112224000700/0001731122-24-000700-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1553788/000173112224000700/e5621_8-k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001731122-24-000700.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Julius Ivancsits was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at SPLASH BEVERAGE GROUP, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Effective April 24, 2024, the Board of Directors of Splash Beverage Group, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Julius Ivancsits to serve as Chief Financial Officer of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1553788/000173112224000700/0001731122-24-000700-index.htm

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