8-K
filed April 25, 2025, 7:59 PM ET
ticker OCGN
CIK 0001372299
leadership
confidence high
sentiment neutral
materiality 0.45
Ocugen board to replace Drs. Fernandes and Whittington at 2025 annual meeting
Ocugen, Inc.
- Prabha Fernandes, Ph.D., resigns; Marna C. Whittington, Ph.D., will not stand for re-election.
- Both departures effective at Ocugen's 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
- Board nominates Satish Chandran, Ph.D. (CEO, Prodigy Biotech) and Blaise Coleman (former CEO, Endo) to fill the vacancies.
- Dr. Chandran has prior roles as CEO at Somahlution, CTO at Pfizer Biotherapeutics; Mr. Coleman brings 20+ years pharma finance/ops experience.
Key facts
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Executive change
SEC 8-K Item 5.02
confidence 0.85
Blaise Coleman was appointed as Director at Ocugen, Inc..
- Action
- nominated
- Role
- Director
Exact text from the filing
The Board plans to nominate Satish Chandran, Ph.D. and Blaise Coleman for election to the Board at the 2025 Annual Meeting to replace Dr. Fernandes and Dr. Whittington.
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Executive change
SEC 8-K Item 5.02
confidence 0.95
Marna C. Whittington departed as Director at Ocugen, Inc..
- Action
- not stand for re-election
- Role
- Director
Exact text from the filing
Separately, on April 21, 2025, Marna C. Whittington, Ph.D., a member of the Board, the Compensation Committee of the Board, and a member and chair of the Audit Committee of the Board, informed the Company of her decision to not stand for re-election to the Board at the Company’s 2025 Annual Meeting.
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Executive change
SEC 8-K Item 5.02
confidence 0.95
Prabha Fernandes resigned as Director at Ocugen, Inc..
- Action
- resigned
- Role
- Director
Exact text from the filing
Prabha Fernandes, Ph.D., FIDSA, a member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Ocugen, Inc. (the “Company”), a member and chair of the Compensation Committee of the Board, a member of the Audit Committee of the Board and the Science and Technology Committee of the Board, informed the Company that she is resigning from the Board effective at the Company’s 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “2025 Annual Meeting”).
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Executive change
SEC 8-K Item 5.02
confidence 0.85
Satish Chandran was appointed as Director at Ocugen, Inc..
- Action
- nominated
- Role
- Director
Exact text from the filing
The Board plans to nominate Satish Chandran, Ph.D. and Blaise Coleman for election to the Board at the 2025 Annual Meeting to replace Dr. Fernandes and Dr. Whittington.
View on SEC.gov
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