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| Item 5.02. | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
On January 8, 2024, the Board of Directors of Bone Biologics Corporation (the “Company”) appointed Robert E. Gagnon to the Company’s Board of Directors. As previously disclosed, Erick Lucera resigned from the Board of Directors on December 27, 2023, effective as of the date Mr. Gagnon was appointed. Mr. Gagnon will serve as chair of the Company’s audit committee and as a member of the compensation committee and the nominating and corporate governance committee. Mr. Gagnon will be compensated for his service in the same manner as the Company’s other directors.
Mr. Gagnon, age 49, brings more than 20 years of financial and commercial experience leading global finance operations. He served as an Operating Partner at Gurnet Point Capital, a healthcare venture capital and private equity fund. He was Chief Business Officer and Chief Financial Officer at Verastem Oncology. Before that, he was Chief Financial Officer at Harvard Bioscience, Inc. Mr. Gagnon served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer at Clean Harbors, Inc. as well as Chief Accounting Officer and Controller at Biogen Idec, Inc. Mr. Gagnon worked in a variety of senior positions at Deloitte & Touche, LLP, and PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP. He holds an M.B.A. from the MIT Sloan School of Management and a B.A. in Accounting from Bentley College. Mr. Gagnon currently serves on the Board of Directors at Verastem Oncology and Purple Biotech.
Mr. Gagnon was not selected to serve on the Board under any arrangement or understanding between him and any other person. The Company is not aware of any transactions with Mr. Gagnon that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits
There are filed as part of this report the exhibits listed on the accompanying Index to Exhibits, which information is incorporated herein by reference.
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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.
| Date: January 11, 2024 | BONE BIOLOGICS CORPORATION | |
| By: | /s/ JEFFREY FRELICK | |
| Name: | Jeffrey Frelick | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
| Exhibit Number | Description | |
| 99.1 | Press Release of Bone Biologics Corporation, dated January 11, 2024 | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |