{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001943289-25-000014","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"SVCO","cik":"0001943289","company_name":"Silvaco Group, Inc.","filed_at":"2025-09-05T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:02:45.662655+00:00","generated_at":"2026-05-17T08:07:28.803100+00:00","sec_items":["5.02","7.01","9.01"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.6,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.6,"confidence":"high","headline":"Silvaco appoints Chris Zegarelli as CFO effective September 15, 2025","bullets":["Zegarelli previously SVP Finance at Infineon Technologies; CFO of GaN Systems before its $830M acquisition by Infineon.","Base salary of $450,000, sign-on bonus of $400,000 (two installments), and $2.3M RSU award vesting over 4 years.","Zegarelli to report to CEO Dr. Walden Rhines; responsible for financial strategy, growth, and scaling operations.","Annual incentive target set at 60% of base salary, prorated for fiscal 2025, discretionary based on company performance."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001943289-25-000014","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001943289-25-000014.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001943289-25-000014.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001943289-25-000014.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1943289/000194328925000014/0001943289-25-000014-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1943289/000194328925000014/svco-20250904.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-05-17T08:07:28.803100+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}