Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
Resignation of Corporate Controller
On October 2, 2023, Jillian Dilmore, the Corporate Controller, Principal Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer and Corporate Secretary of Baudax Bio, Inc. (the “Company”) notified the Company of her decision to resign effective as of October 9, 2023 (the “Effective Date”). Ms. Dilmore resigned for personal reasons and not as a result of any disagreement with the Company or its independent registered public accountants on any matter relating to the Company’s financial or accounting operations, policies or practices. Ms. Dilmore has agreed to provide continued consulting support to the Company.
Appointment of Interim Chief Financial Officer
On October 5, 2023, the board of directors of the Company appointed Natalie McAndrew as Interim Chief Financial Officer, effective as of the Effective Date. Ms. McAndrew will also assume the duties of the Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer of the Company as of the Effective Date. Beginning on the Effective Date, Ms. McAndrew will provide her services as a consultant through Danforth Advisors, LLC (“Danforth”), at an agreed upon hourly rate.
Ms. McAndrew, age 49, is a Director with Danforth, an advisory firm focused on providing financial strategy to life science organizations, and has been employed with Danforth since August 2021. Prior to Danforth, Ms. McAndrew was the VP, Corporate Controller of Tmunity Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company, from January 2021 to July 2021. Ms. McAndrew previously served as Head of Accounting Operations at Spark Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company, from March 2015 until January 2021. Prior to this, Ms. McAndrew served as Corporate Controller for over 8 years in other privately held and public companies at various life cycle stages, managing finance, accounting, and other corporate operational functions. Ms. McAndrew is a certified public accountant and holds a B.S. degree in Accounting from King’s College.
There are no arrangements or understandings between Ms. McAndrew and any other persons pursuant to which Ms. McAndrew was appointed as Interim Chief Financial Officer of the Company. In addition, there are no family relationships between Ms. McAndrew and any director or executive officer of the Company, and there are no transactions involving Ms. McAndrew requiring disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
On October 6, 2023, the Company updated information reflected in a slide presentation, which is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. The Company will use the updated presentation in various meetings with investors from time to time.
Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits
The following exhibits are being filed herewith: