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Issuer:     CLEARONE INC (CLRO)
CIK:        0000840715
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-12-30T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001753926-25-001997
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 5.07, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

ClearOne re-hires Graham as CEO, Brewer as CFO effective Jan 2026; all directors re-elected
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- Derek L. Graham named CEO effective Jan 2, 2026; receives $12,500 monthly salary and $15K retention bonus.
- Simon Brewer named CFO effective Jan 1, 2026; receives $75K sign-on bonus, $300K annual salary, $60K retention bonus tied to change-in-control.
- Both executives' prior employment terminated Dec 31, 2025; Graham gets $53K severance, Brewer gets nominal $1.
- At Dec 29 annual meeting, all five directors re-elected with >1.3M votes; executive compensation advisory vote approved unanimously.
- Company plans to terminate medical/dental/vision plans effective Dec 31, 2025.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/840715/000175392625001997/0001753926-25-001997-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/840715/000175392625001997/clro-20251230.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001753926-25-001997

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