---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-21-047884"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RFL"
cik: "0001713863"
company_name: "Rafael Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-09-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T03:53:36.910732+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Rafael Holdings appoints Patrick Fabbio as CFO, replacing David Polinsky

## Summary
- David Polinsky resigned as CFO effective September 13, 2021.
- Patrick Fabbio appointed CFO effective September 13, 2021; base salary $425k, signing bonus $50k, target bonus 40%.
- Initial stock option grant valued at $2.5M, vesting over 4 years (25% first anniversary, then monthly).
- Severance: 3 months base if terminated w/o cause within first year; 6 months after; 12 months post-Change of Control.
- Press release notes Phase 3 registrational trial for CPI-613 (metastatic pancreatic cancer) data readout expected Q4 2021.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-21-047884
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RFL
- cik: 0001713863
- company_name: Rafael Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-09-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1713863/000121390021047884/0001213900-21-047884-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1713863/000121390021047884/ea147371-8k_rafaelhold.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  David Polinsky resigned as Chief Financial Officer at Rafael Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On September 13, 2021, David Polinsky resigned as Chief Financial Officer of Rafael Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1713863/000121390021047884/0001213900-21-047884-index.htm
- Executive change
  Patrick Fabbio was elected as Chief Financial Officer at Rafael Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On September 10, 2021, the Board of Directors of the Company elected Patrick Fabbio as the Chief Financial Officer effective September 13, 2021 (the “Start Date”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1713863/000121390021047884/0001213900-21-047884-index.htm

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