---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-031624"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NKTX"
cik: "0001787400"
company_name: "Nkarta, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-07-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T12:47:26.151123+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Nkarta appoints Alyssa Levin as CFO and Business Officer effective July 1

## Summary
- Annual base salary of $450k, sign-on bonus of $20k, and a stock option for 442,400 shares.
- Option vests 25% on July 1, 2024, then monthly over 36 months; exercise price = June 30 closing.
- Levin previously CFO at ViaCyte (acquired by Vertex), Tentarix, and Bird Rock Bio.
- Target annual incentive bonus set at 40% of base salary.
- Company is developing engineered NK cell therapies for cancer (NKX101, NKX019).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-031624
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NKTX
- cik: 0001787400
- company_name: Nkarta, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-07-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1787400/000095017023031624/0000950170-23-031624-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1787400/000095017023031624/nktx-20230629.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-031624
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-031624.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-031624.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Alyssa Levin was appointed as Chief Financial and Business Officer at Nkarta, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial and Business Officer
  source text: On June 29, 2023, Nkarta, Inc.'s (the “Company”) Board of Directors (the “Board”) appointed Alyssa Levin as the Company’s Chief Financial and Business Officer and the principal financial and accounting officer, effective July 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1787400/000095017023031624/0000950170-23-031624-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.