---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001753926-22-000807"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CLRO"
cik: "0000840715"
company_name: "CLEARONE INC"
filed_at: "2022-05-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T06:59:26.537553+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ClearOne terminates CEO Zeynep Hakimoglu; appoints Derek Graham as interim CEO

## Summary
- Zeynep Hakimoglu terminated as President, CEO, and employee on May 24, 2022; not renominated to Board.
- Derek Graham, SVP of R&D since 2003, named interim CEO effective immediately.
- Hakimoglu resigns from Board; Board size reduced from 5 to 4.
- Hakimoglu's letter describes her termination as 'unfair and abrupt' and cites lack of explanation.
- Core management team remains; Graham supported by existing VPs (CFO, engineering, sales).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001753926-22-000807
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CLRO
- cik: 0000840715
- company_name: CLEARONE INC
- filed_at: 2022-05-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/840715/000175392622000807/0001753926-22-000807-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/840715/000175392622000807/clro-20220526.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001753926-22-000807
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001753926-22-000807.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001753926-22-000807.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Zeynep Hakimoglu resigned as Director at CLEARONE INC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: esignation from the Board, Ms. Hakimoglu furnished the Board with the letter that is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/840715/000175392622000807/0001753926-22-000807-index.htm

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