---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001731122-26-000916"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SDOT"
cik: "0001701756"
company_name: "Sadot Group Inc."
filed_at: "2026-07-06T20:06:48+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-06T20:08:05.237160+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sadot Group appoints Aleksandr Zhandov as COO and Deputy CEO

## Summary
- Appointment effective July 6, 2026; Zhandov reports to CEO and is subordinate to CEO.
- Zhandov, 44, has background in cybersecurity consulting and systems engineering at Archway Computer.
- Annual base salary of $120,000; eligible for discretionary bonus and equity awards.
- Employment is at-will with no severance; includes non-compete, non-solicitation, and confidentiality covenants.
- No family relationships or prior transactions with the company requiring disclosure.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001731122-26-000916
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SDOT
- cik: 0001701756
- company_name: Sadot Group Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-07-06T20:06:48+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1701756/000173112226000916/0001731122-26-000916-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1701756/000173112226000916/e7764_8-k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001731122-26-000916
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001731122-26-000916.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001731122-26-000916.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Aleksandr Zhandov was appointed as Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Chief Executive Officer at Sadot Group Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On July 6, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Sadot Group Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Aleksandr Zhandov to serve as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Chief Executive Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1701756/000173112226000916/0001731122-26-000916-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.