---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-121450"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SMTK"
cik: "0001817760"
company_name: "SmartKem, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-11-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T21:07:35.874750+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SmartKem appoints Melisa Denis to Board; Barbra Keck resigns from Board, remains CFO

## Summary
- Barbra Keck resigned from Board on Nov 21, 2023, but continues as CFO; resignation not due to disagreements.
- Melisa Denis appointed as Class III director, chairs Audit Committee, serves on Compensation and Nominating Committees.
- Denis is former KPMG partner (1998-2020) and board member of Hydrofarm Holdings Group (HYFM).
- Denis qualifies as independent under Nasdaq rules and as audit committee financial expert.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-121450
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SMTK
- cik: 0001817760
- company_name: SmartKem, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-11-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1817760/000110465923121450/0001104659-23-121450-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1817760/000110465923121450/tm2331585d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-121450
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-121450.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-121450.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Barbra C. Keck resigned as member of the Board of Directors at SmartKem, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: member of the Board of Directors
  source text: Effective November 21, 2023, Barbra C. Keck resigned as a member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of SmartKem, Inc. (the “Company”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1817760/000110465923121450/0001104659-23-121450-index.htm
- Executive change
  Melisa A. Denis was appointed as Class III director at SmartKem, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class III director
  source text: Effective November 21, 2023, upon the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board, the Board appointed Melisa A. Denis, age 60, to serve as a Class III director of the Company to fill the vacancy created by Ms. Keck’s resignation.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1817760/000110465923121450/0001104659-23-121450-index.htm

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