---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-21-150067"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "OCGN"
cik: "0001372299"
company_name: "Ocugen, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-12-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T00:48:15.458477+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Suha Taspolatoglu resigns from Ocugen board; Board reduces to seven members

## Summary
- Suha Taspolatoglu, M.D. resigned from Board and Audit Committee effective Dec 10, 2021, citing COVID-19 administrative challenges.
- Board reduced its size from eight to seven members on Dec 15, 2021.
- Prabhavathi Fernandes, Ph.D., independent director, appointed to the Audit Committee.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-21-150067
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: OCGN
- cik: 0001372299
- company_name: Ocugen, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-12-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1372299/000110465921150067/0001104659-21-150067-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1372299/000110465921150067/tm2135577d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-21-150067.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Suha Taspolatoglu resigned as Member of the Board of Directors at Ocugen, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Member of the Board of Directors
  source text: On December 9, 2021, Suha Taspolatoglu, M.D., a member of the Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) of Ocugen, Inc. (the “ Company ”), notified the Company of his intention to resign from his position as a member of the Board and as a member of the Audit Committee of the Board (the “ Audit Committee ”) effective as of December 10, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1372299/000110465921150067/0001104659-21-150067-index.htm

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