---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001753926-26-001428"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CLRO"
cik: "0000840715"
company_name: "CLEARONE INC"
filed_at: "2026-08-11T21:21:15+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-11T21:22:19.602655+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ClearOne issues 855k shares to four advisors; majority stockholder and director-linked firms among recipients

## Summary
- Advisor agreements effective June 1, 2026: 25k shares to First Finance, 90k to Betelgeuse, 140k to Gang3, 600k to JJK Holdings.
- First Finance Ltd. holds majority voting power of ClearOne; Gang3 controlled by director Eric Boehnke.
- Agreements tied to July 1, 2026 merger plan with CLRO Merger Sub, Cortigent, and Vivani Medical.
- Shares issued as compensation for past and ongoing advisory services; registration rights included.
- Each agreement terminates upon service completion or 10 business days' notice by advisor.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001753926-26-001428
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CLRO
- cik: 0000840715
- company_name: CLEARONE INC
- filed_at: 2026-08-11T21:21:15+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/840715/000175392626001428/0001753926-26-001428-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/840715/000175392626001428/clro-20260807.htm

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