---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-011993"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LQDA"
cik: "0001819576"
company_name: "Liquidia Corp"
filed_at: "2022-02-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T11:12:55.119429+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CEO Damian deGoa resigns effective Jan 31, 2022; succeeded by Roger A. Jeffs, Ph.D.

## Summary
- CEO Damian deGoa resigned effective Jan 31, 2022; replaced by Roger A. Jeffs, Ph.D.
- deGoa remains as Class III director on the board.
- Separation agreement provides deGoa with 2021 bonus payout and extended vested stock option exercise period (90 days after board service ends, up to 10 years).
- Unvested stock options forfeited; deGoa signed general release and non-disparagement.
- Transition support services provided through Jan 31, 2022; officer positions resigned effective Jan 3, 2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-011993
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LQDA
- cik: 0001819576
- company_name: Liquidia Corp
- filed_at: 2022-02-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819576/000110465922011993/0001104659-22-011993-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819576/000110465922011993/tm225601d1_8k.htm

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- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-011993.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-011993.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Roger A. Jeffs, Ph.D. was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at Liquidia Corp.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Damian deGoa, the former Chief Executive Officer and a current Class III director of Liquidia Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), resigned from his position as Chief Executive Officer of the Company and was succeeded by Roger A. Jeffs, Ph.D.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819576/000110465922011993/0001104659-22-011993-index.htm
- Executive change
  Damian deGoa resigned as Chief Executive Officer at Liquidia Corp.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Damian deGoa, the former Chief Executive Officer and a current Class III director of Liquidia Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), resigned from his position as Chief Executive Officer of the Company and was succeeded by Roger A. Jeffs, Ph.D.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819576/000110465922011993/0001104659-22-011993-index.htm

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