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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 October 4, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Renovaro Biosciences Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), increased the size of the Board to ten members and appointed Leni Boeren and Ruud Hendriks to the Board effective immediately, to fill vacancies created. Ms. Boeren and Mr. Hendriks will serve until the Company’s 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified. Pursuant to the Company’s standard independent director agreement, Ms. Boeren and Mr. Hendriks will receive compensation for their service as independent directors consistent with the Company’s director compensation program previously disclosed in the Company’s definitive proxy statement for its 2023 annual meeting of shareholders.
There are no arrangements or understandings between Ms. Boeren or Mr. Hendriks and any person pursuant to which either was appointed to serve as a director, and there are no actual or proposed transactions between Ms. Boeren or Mr. Hendriks or any of their related persons and the Company that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K in connection with either of their appointments as a director.
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
On October 10, 2023, the Company issued a press release regarding the forgoing, which is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
This information 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, and it shall not be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits:
EXHIBIT NO. | DESCRIPTION | LOCATION | ||
99.1 | Press Release of Renovaro Biosciences, Inc. dated October 10, 2023 | Furnished herewith | ||
104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
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.
RENOVARO BIOSCIENCES, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Luisa Puche | |
Name: Luisa Puche Title: Chief Financial Officer |
Date: October 10, 2023