---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001731122-26-000851"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SBEV"
cik: "0001553788"
company_name: "SPLASH BEVERAGE GROUP, INC."
filed_at: "2026-06-12T21:01:06+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-12T21:02:41.057401+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Splash Beverage invests $217K in Avicanna, appoints COO, grants options, adopts RSU plan

## Summary
- Invested $217,479 for 2M common shares and 1M warrants of Avicanna Inc. (cannabinoid biopharma).
- Appointed Michael Bondurant as COO, effective June 8, 2026; background includes Bluma Wellness and Sunburn Cannabis.
- Interim CEO Brady Cobb receives $300K base salary, performance bonuses tied to market cap milestones, and 925,000 options at $0.25.
- Bondurant receives $275K base salary, similar bonuses, and 800,000 options; additional grants to CFO, directors, consultants.
- Board adopted Strategic Transformation RSU Plan representing 20% of fully diluted shares (~8.37M), subject to stockholder approval.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001731122-26-000851
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SBEV
- cik: 0001553788
- company_name: SPLASH BEVERAGE GROUP, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-06-12T21:01:06+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1553788/000173112226000851/0001731122-26-000851-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1553788/000173112226000851/e7718_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michael Bondurant was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at SPLASH BEVERAGE GROUP, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On June 8, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company appointed Michael Bondurant, as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1553788/000173112226000851/0001731122-26-000851-index.htm

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