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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
(b) On August 7, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Allarity Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) received the resignation of Mr. Robert Oliver as director of the Company, including his position on each Board committee on which he was appointed to, effective immediately. Mr. Oliver’s resignation is for personal reasons and not due to any disagreement with the Company’s management team or the Company’s Board on any matter relating to the operations, policies or practices of the Company or any issues regarding the Company’s accounting policies or practices.
(d) To fill the vacancy on the Board committees as a result of Mr. Oliver’s resignation, the Board appointed Dr. Laura Benjamin as a member of the Audit Committee and Compensation Committee of the Board, effective as of August 7, 2023. Dr. Benjamin was previously appointed as an independent director and is also a member of the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board since August 1, 2023.
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
On August 11, 2023, the Company issued a letter to its stockholders from the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, James G. Cullem. The letter is also posted on the Company’s website. A copy of the letter is attached Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
The information reported under Item 7.01 in this Current Report on Form 8-K, and Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto are being “furnished” and shall not be deemed filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing. This Current Report on Form 8-K will not be deemed an admission as to the materiality of any information contained herein.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Allarity Therapeutics, Inc. | ||
| By: | /s/ James G. Cullem | |
| James G. Cullem | ||
| Chief Executive Officer | ||
| Dated: August 11, 2023 | ||
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