---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001805833-24-000066"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SST"
cik: "0001805833"
company_name: "System1, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-04-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T06:38:19.026978+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# System1 appoints co-founder Charles Ursini as President and COO

## Summary
- Charles Ursini appointed President & COO effective April 23, 2024; he also serves as Class II director.
- Ursini is a co-founder, previously served as CEO from 2014-2019, and has been on senior management since March 2023.
- He will not receive cash compensation; the Company provides health and welfare benefits on same basis as other U.S. employees.
- Prior to System1, Ursini held executive roles at Leaf Group and worked at Amazon, Morgan Stanley, and UBS.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001805833-24-000066
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SST
- cik: 0001805833
- company_name: System1, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-04-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1805833/000180583324000066/0001805833-24-000066-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1805833/000180583324000066/sst-20240423.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001805833-24-000066.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Charles Ursini was appointed as President and Chief Operating Officer at System1, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On April 23, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of System, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Charles Ursini, who was recently appointed to serve as a Class II director, as the Company’s President and Chief Operating Officer, in addition to continuing to serve on the Company’s Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1805833/000180583324000066/0001805833-24-000066-index.htm

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