---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-26-033832"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "APUS"
cik: "0001894525"
company_name: "Apimeds Pharmaceuticals US, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-03-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T09:04:44.890307+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Apimeds US board and CEO ousted; new board approves expansion into Korean cosmetics and photo booth

## Summary
- Majority stockholders removed directors Elona Kogan, Jakap Koo, Carol O’Donnell, Dr. Bennett Weintraub via written consent.
- CEO Vin Menon and CFO Erick Frim removed; Youngjik Cho appointed CEO, Junyoung Yu as Secretary.
- New board approved non-binding MOUs with Assemble, Hilluck (cosmetics distribution) and LK Ventures (Life4Cuts photo booth platform).
- Company delays previously announced 1-for-10 reverse stock split; board will continue to evaluate timing.
- MindWave issued unauthorized press release challenging the consent; company intends to vigorously defend validity.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-26-033832
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: APUS
- cik: 0001894525
- company_name: Apimeds Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-03-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1894525/000121390026033832/0001213900-26-033832-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1894525/000121390026033832/ea0283355-8k_apimeds.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  Apimeds Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.: Amended bylaws to allow majority voting power to fill board vacancies and to confirm amendments may be approved by majority voting power (effective 2026-03-20).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2026-03-20
  source text: Pursuant to the Consent, the Majority Stockholders also amended the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, as amended to date, to (a) allow stockholders of the Company holding a majority of the voting power of the Company the power to fill vacancies on the Board and (b) confirm that amendments to the Company’s bylaws may be approved by a majority of the voting power of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1894525/000121390026033832/0001213900-26-033832-index.htm

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