---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-23-093903"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001708331"
company_name: "Virpax Pharmaceuticals, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-12-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T16:16:35.977540+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Virpax appoints Gerald Bruce as CEO with $500K base salary and severance provisions

## Summary
- Gerald Bruce appointed CEO of Virpax Pharmaceuticals, employment agreement dated December 6, 2023.
- Annual base salary of $500,000; eligible for annual bonus up to 50% of base salary, based on Board-determined metrics.
- Severance without cause or for good reason: 12 months base salary, medical premium reimbursement, and option vesting acceleration for 12 months.
- Change in control severance: lump sum of 2x base salary plus 2x average bonus, with full equity acceleration.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-23-093903
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001708331
- company_name: Virpax Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-12-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708331/000121390023093903/0001213900-23-093903-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708331/000121390023093903/ea189648-8k_virpaxpharma.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-23-093903
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-23-093903.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-23-093903.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Gerald Bruce was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at Virpax Pharmaceuticals, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On December 6, 2023, Virpax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an employment agreement with Gerald Bruce (the “Bruce Employment Agreement”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708331/000121390023093903/0001213900-23-093903-index.htm

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