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accession: "0001140361-23-048183"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001840904"
company_name: "ATAI Life Sciences N.V."
filed_at: "2023-10-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T00:10:06.119023+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ATAI CFO Stephen Bardin on parental leave; CAO Anne Johnson named interim CFO

## Summary
- CFO Stephen Bardin went on parental leave on October 10, 2023.
- Supervisory Board appointed Chief Accounting Officer Anne Johnson as Interim CFO effective October 13, 2023.
- Johnson will not receive additional compensation for the interim role.
- Upon Bardin's return, he will resume CFO duties and Johnson will return to CAO role.
- Johnson's biographical info and employment agreement were previously disclosed in Q1 2023 10-Q.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-23-048183
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001840904
- company_name: ATAI Life Sciences N.V.
- filed_at: 2023-10-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1840904/000114036123048183/0001140361-23-048183-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1840904/000114036123048183/ef20012551_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-23-048183.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Anne Johnson was appointed as Interim Chief Financial Officer at ATAI Life Sciences N.V..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On October 13, 2023, the Supervisory Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company temporarily appointed Ms. Anne Johnson, the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer (principal accounting officer), to act as the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) while Mr. Stephen Bardin is on parental leave.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1840904/000114036123048183/0001140361-23-048183-index.htm

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