secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Blaize Holdings, Inc. (BZAI)
CIK:        0001871638
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-01-05T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001871638-26-000001
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud

Blaize Holdings enters into change in control severance agreements with CFO and VP Engineering
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- Santiago Fernandez-Gomez, VP of Platform Engineering, signed severance agreement on December 26, 2025.
- Harminder Sehmi, CFO, signed severance agreement on January 4, 2026, with 12 months base salary in non-change of control termination.
- In a change of control termination, executives receive 12 months base salary (18 months for CEO) and 100% equity vesting.
- Board approved but has not yet executed severance agreements for CEO Dinakar Munagala and Chief Software Architect Val Cook.
- Severance agreements have a four-year initial term with automatic renewal and require a signed release of claims.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1871638/000187163826000001/0001871638-26-000001-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1871638/000187163826000001/blz-20251226.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001871638-26-000001

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