{"url_path":"/sec/hffg/8-k/2026-06-22/item-5-02","section_key":"item-5-02","section_title":"Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-06-22","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1680873/0001628280-26-044442-index.html","accession_number":"0001628280-26-044442","cik":"0001680873","ticker":"HFFG","issuer_name":"HF Foods Group Inc.","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1680873/0001628280-26-044442-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001680873","primary_entity_name":"HF Foods Group Inc."},"word_count":460,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.\n\nEffective June 16, 2026, the Board of Directors (the \"Board\") of HF Foods Group Inc. (the \"Company\"), acting upon the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, (i) increased the size of the Board from four (4) directors to five (5) directors and (ii) appointed Taylor Brown as a director of the Company to fill the vacancy on the Board, effective June 19, 2026. The Board has determined that Mr. Brown qualifies as an independent director under applicable Nasdaq rules. At this time, Mr. Brown has not been appointed to serve on any committees of the Board.\n\nMr. Brown, 37, is an attorney, business advisor and strategic communications executive with more than 12 years of experience advising companies, executives and growth-stage boards on acquisitions, commercial disputes, regulatory exposure, and stakeholder strategy. From May 2020 to January 2024, Mr. Brown served as Campaign Manager and Senior Strategic Advisor for statewide executive campaign organizations, where he managed operational accountability for a budget exceeding $100 million and built and mobilized a 21-region field organization with more than 1,000 paid staffers. Mr. Brown’s experience includes, among other things, advising companies on acquisitions, restructurings, capital rounds, resource allocation and post-transaction risk considerations. He also has experience developing legal and stakeholder communications strategy in high-scrutiny environments involving legal, reputational, operational and executive priorities. Mr. Brown received his Juris Doctor from Mercer University, Walter F. George School of Law, and his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Georgia.\n\nMr. Brown is not a party to any transaction, or series of transactions, required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. Mr. Brown was not selected as a director pursuant to any arrangement or understanding between himself and any other person.\n\nIn connection with his appointment, Mr. Brown will enter into a letter agreement with the Company reflecting the terms of his appointment, including the standard compensation for the Company’s independent directors and other normal terms relating to confidentiality and avoidance of conflicts of interest, substantially in the form of the letter agreement entered into by the Company’s other independent directors (the \"Letter Agreement\"). Mr. Brown will be compensated on the same basis as all other directors of the Company, as described in the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 28, 2024.\n\nThe foregoing summary of the terms of the Letter Agreement does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, such document, a form of which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference."}