---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-081844"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SMTK"
cik: "0001817760"
company_name: "SmartKem, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-07-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T07:11:55.195966+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SmartKem appoints Sri Peruvemba to board; board size increased to 5

## Summary
- Board expanded from four to five directors; Peruvemba fills newly-created Class II vacancy.
- Peruvemba had been a consultant to SmartKem since Sept 2019; consulting agreement terminated July 12.
- Peruvemba serves as CEO of Marketer International, former CMO at E Ink, and director at WiSA Technologies and others.
- 2023 annual meeting set for Aug 25, 2023; record date July 14; deadline for shareholder proposals July 21.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-081844
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SMTK
- cik: 0001817760
- company_name: SmartKem, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-07-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.08, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1817760/000110465923081844/0001104659-23-081844-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1817760/000110465923081844/tm2321203d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-081844
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-081844.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-081844.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Sriram Peruvemba was appointed as Class II Director at SmartKem, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class II Director
  source text: the Board approved, effective immediately, an increase in the size of the Board from four directors to five directors and appointed Sriram Peruvemba, age 58, to serve as a Class II director to fill the newly-created vacancy.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1817760/000110465923081844/0001104659-23-081844-index.htm

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