---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-21-134050"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MTVA"
cik: "0001638287"
company_name: "MetaVia Inc."
filed_at: "2021-11-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T13:04:26.046219+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# NeuroBo appoints Gil Price as CEO; Richard Kang resigns with $150k severance

## Summary
- CEO Richard Kang resigned Nov 3, 2021; remains on Board and will consult for up to one year at $10,000/month.
- Kang receives $150,000 severance, $130,680 prorated 2021 bonus, and up to 12 months COBRA reimbursement.
- Gil Price appointed CEO, President, Principal Executive and Financial Officer; base salary $400,000, target bonus 50%.
- Board adopted 2021 Inducement Plan, reserving 1,000,000 shares for equity grants to new hires without stockholder approval.
- Price granted inducement option for 616,666 shares at $2.04 (closing price Nov 3, 2021); vests over two years.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-21-134050
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MTVA
- cik: 0001638287
- company_name: MetaVia Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-11-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1638287/000110465921134050/0001104659-21-134050-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1638287/000110465921134050/tm2131812d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-21-134050
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-21-134050.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Richard Kang resigned as Chief Executive Officer and President at MetaVia Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer and President
  source text: Richard Kang, Ph.D. resigned from his positions as Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company, effective as of November 3, 2021
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1638287/000110465921134050/0001104659-21-134050-index.htm

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