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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-095208"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001852117"
company_name: "Rockley Photonics Holdings Ltd"
filed_at: "2023-04-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T04:45:06.211694+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 1.0
calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Rockley Photonics bankruptcy plan confirmed; liquidation and delisting planned

## Summary
- Bankruptcy Court confirmed prepackaged Chapter 11 plan on March 10, 2023; effective March 14, 2023.
- Company will liquidate under Cayman Islands law and file Form 15 to terminate SEC registration and reporting obligations.
- CFO Chad Becker resigned effective March 17, 2023; CEO Richard Meier assumed duties as principal accounting and financial officer.
- 100% in amount and number of voting class holders voted to accept plan; existing equity holders receive no distribution.
- The plan contemplates liquidation and dissolution; no ongoing business operations anticipated.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-095208
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001852117
- company_name: Rockley Photonics Holdings Ltd
- filed_at: 2023-04-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 1.0
- calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.03, 3.03, 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1852117/000119312523095208/0001193125-23-095208-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1852117/000119312523095208/d482083d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Distress & Bankruptcy
  Rockley Photonics Holdings Ltd entered chapter 11 in United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (petition 2023-01-23).
  - Proceeding: chapter 11
  - Court: United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York
  - Petition: 2023-01-23
  source text: Rockley Photonics Holdings Limited (the “ Company ”) filed a voluntary petition for relief under chapter 11 of title 11 of the United States Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1852117/000119312523095208/0001193125-23-095208-index.htm
- Executive change
  Richard Meier changed role as Chief Executive Officer at Rockley Photonics Holdings Ltd.
  - Action: assumed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Richard Meier, our Chief Executive Officer, assumed the duties of the Company’s principal accounting officer and principal financial officer upon the effectiveness of Mr. Becker’s resignation.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1852117/000119312523095208/0001193125-23-095208-index.htm
- Executive change
  Chad Becker resigned as Chief Financial Officer at Rockley Photonics Holdings Ltd.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Effective March 17, 2023, Chad Becker resigned as Chief Financial Officer of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1852117/000119312523095208/0001193125-23-095208-index.htm

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