---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-190185"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AMRN"
cik: "0000897448"
company_name: "AMARIN CORP PLCUK"
filed_at: "2023-07-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T06:04:52.020194+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Amarin appoints Patrick Holt as President and CEO effective July 18, 2023

## Summary
- Patrick Holt appointed President & CEO and Board member; base salary $675,000, eligible for cash incentive.
- Receives performance-based option for 5,000,000 shares with share price hurdles $2.50-$15.00.
- Holt agrees to purchase $300,000 of Amarin shares in open market promptly after next trading window.
- Severance: 18 months' base salary plus 1.5x target bonus outside CIC; 2x salary and bonus within CIC period.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-190185
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AMRN
- cik: 0000897448
- company_name: AMARIN CORP PLCUK
- filed_at: 2023-07-20T23:59:59+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/897448/000119312523190185/0001193125-23-190185-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/897448/000119312523190185/d530487d8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-190185
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-190185.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-190185.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Patrick Holt was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer at AMARIN CORP PLCUK.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Patrick Holt was appointed to the role of President and Chief Executive Officer (and principal executive officer) of Amarin, effective July 18, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/897448/000119312523190185/0001193125-23-190185-index.htm
- Executive change
  Patrick Holt was appointed as Member of the Board of Directors at AMARIN CORP PLCUK.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Member of the Board of Directors
  source text: Mr. Holt was also appointed as a member of the Amarin board of directors (the “ Board ”), effective as of the CEO Start Date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/897448/000119312523190185/0001193125-23-190185-index.htm

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