{"url_path":"/sec/sbevw/8-k/2026-04-27/item-5-02","section_key":"item-5-02","section_title":"Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers;","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-04-27","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1553788/0001731122-26-000614-index.html","accession_number":"0001731122-26-000614","cik":"0001553788","ticker":"SBEV","issuer_name":"SPLASH BEVERAGE GROUP, INC.","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1553788/0001731122-26-000614-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001553788","primary_entity_name":"SPLASH BEVERAGE GROUP, INC."},"word_count":272,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"**Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers;\nElection of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.**\n\n \n\n**(a)**\n\n \n\nOn April 27, 2026, the Board\nappointed Francis Knuettel II to serve on the Board, effective immediately.\n\n \n\nMr. Knuettel is a newly-appointed\ndirector of the Company. Francis Knuettel II has spent most of his career as a CXO in early-stage public companies – specializing\nin dynamic technology and life sciences companies – with a strong track record in growing organizations. Mr. Knuettel served as\nChief Financial Officer of Pelthos Therapeutics Inc. [NYSE American: PTHS] from June 2022 to April 2026, as Chief Executive Officer\nof Pelthos from July 2023 to July 2025, and as a director of Pelthos from August 2024 to July 2025. Prior to that, from December 2020\nto March 2022, he served as Chief Executive Officer and director of Unrivaled Brands.\n\n \n\nMr. Knuettel has also been\nappointed as a member of the Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee of the Board.\n\n \n\nThere are no arrangements or understandings between\nMr. Knuettel and any other person pursuant to which he was appointed as a director. Mr. Knuettel has no family relationships with any\ndirector or executive officer of the Company, and there are no transactions in which he has an interest requiring disclosure under Item\n404(a) of Regulation S-K.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n**SIGNATURE**\n\n \n\nPursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange\nAct of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.\n\n \n\nDate: April 27, 2026\n\n \n\n \n**SPLASH BEVERAGE GROUP, INC.**\n\n \n \n \n\n \nBy:\n/s/ *William Meissner*\n\n \n \nWilliam Meissner, President"}