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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 May 30, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Oncocyte Corporation (the “Company”), at the recommendation of the Compensation Committee of the Board, approved increases to the annual base salaries of (i) Joshua Riggs, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, from $360,000 to $400,000, (ii) James Liu, the Company’s Senior Director, Controller & Principal Accounting Officer, and Interim Principal Financial Officer, from $200,000 to $207,000, and (iii) Ekkehard Schütz, M.D., Ph.D., the Company’s Chief Science Officer, from $351,525 to $378,025. Each of the salary increases is effective as of May 20, 2024.
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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.
| ONCOCYTE CORPORATION | ||
| Date: May 31, 2024 | By: | /s/ Joshua Riggs |
| Joshua Riggs | ||
| President and Chief Executive Officer | ||