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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001829126-26-007295"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CXAI"
cik: "0001820875"
company_name: "CXApp Inc."
filed_at: "2026-07-06T20:30:19+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-06T20:32:36.383486+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CXApp dismisses auditor Withum, appoints KNAV; CFO Mbanugo out, Podruzny interim CFO

## Summary
- Audit Committee dismissed WithumSmith+Brown and appointed KNAV CPA LLP as independent auditor for FY 2026, effective June 30, 2026.
- No disagreements with Withum; prior material weaknesses in ICFR (income tax, expense accruals, embedded derivatives) were fully remediated as of Dec 31, 2025.
- CFO Joy L. Mbanugo separated effective June 29, 2026, not due to any disagreement; terms per her July 2024 employment agreement.
- Melissa G. Podruzny appointed Interim CFO for three months starting July 1, 2026; base salary CAD $141,180 plus CAD $30,000 premium and CAD $20,000 completion bonus.
- Podruzny receives 50,000 stock options vesting over 24 months with a one-year cliff, subject to Board approval and continued employment.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001829126-26-007295
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CXAI
- cik: 0001820875
- company_name: CXApp Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-07-06T20:30:19+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1820875/000182912626007295/0001829126-26-007295-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1820875/000182912626007295/cxappinc_8k.htm

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