---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-24-001326"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001267602"
company_name: "ALIMERA SCIENCES INC"
filed_at: "2024-01-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T03:49:39.181323+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Alimera Sciences names Elliot Maltz CFO, grants 75,000-share inducement option

## Summary
- Elliot Maltz appointed CFO effective Jan 2, 2024, replacing Russell Skibsted who departed Dec 31, 2023.
- Maltz receives annual base salary of $350,000 and target bonus up to 40% of base salary.
- Maltz granted inducement option for 75,000 shares at $4.32, vesting over 4 years with 25% after 1 year.
- Skibsted's departure not due to any disagreement with management or accounting practices.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-001326
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001267602
- company_name: ALIMERA SCIENCES INC
- filed_at: 2024-01-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1267602/000110465924001326/0001104659-24-001326-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1267602/000110465924001326/tm241885d1_8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-001326
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-001326.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-001326.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Russell Skibsted departed as Chief Financial Officer at ALIMERA SCIENCES INC.
  - Action: departure
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: determined that Russell Skibsted’s last day of employment as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company was December 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1267602/000110465924001326/0001104659-24-001326-index.htm

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