---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001274737-24-000074"
form_type: "8-K/A"
ticker: "XGN"
cik: "0001274737"
company_name: "EXAGEN INC."
filed_at: "2024-08-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T13:22:54.098855+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Exagen appoints Jeffrey Black as CFO effective Sept 1, John Aballi interim CFO

## Summary
- Kamal Adawi terminated as CFO and Corporate Secretary effective August 1, 2024.
- John Aballi named interim CFO and principal financial officer pending Black's start.
- Jeffrey Black to become CFO on Sept 1, 2024; base salary $460K, signing bonus $125K.
- Black receives RSUs for 225,000 shares vesting over 4 years, target bonus 50% of salary.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001274737-24-000074
- form_type: 8-K/A
- ticker: XGN
- cik: 0001274737
- company_name: EXAGEN INC.
- filed_at: 2024-08-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1274737/000127473724000074/0001274737-24-000074-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1274737/000127473724000074/exdx-20240731.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001274737-24-000074.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jeffrey Black was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at EXAGEN INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On July 25, 2024, the Company appointed, effective as of September 1, 2024, Jeffrey Black to serve as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and principal financial officer for SEC reporting purposes.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1274737/000127473724000074/0001274737-24-000074-index.htm
- Executive change
  Kamal Adawi departed as Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary at EXAGEN INC..
  - Action: no longer serves
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary
  source text: replacing Kamal Adawi who no longer serves as Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary of the Company, effective as of August 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1274737/000127473724000074/0001274737-24-000074-index.htm
- Executive change
  John Aballi was appointed as Interim Chief Financial Officer at EXAGEN INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim Chief Financial Officer
  source text: the Company also announced that John Aballi had been appointed as Interim Chief Financial Officer of the Company, replacing Kamal Adawi who no longer serves as Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary of the Company, effective as of August 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1274737/000127473724000074/0001274737-24-000074-index.htm

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