---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001380106-22-000015"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RPID"
cik: "0001380106"
company_name: "RAPID MICRO BIOSYSTEMS, INC."
filed_at: "2022-03-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T14:33:12.453320+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Alexander Schmitz to not stand for reelection at 2022 annual meeting

## Summary
- Alexander Schmitz, independent Class I director, will not seek reelection at the 2022 Annual Meeting.
- He serves on Audit and Compensation Committees and will remain until the Annual Meeting.
- Decision not due to any disagreement with Rapid Micro Biosystems.
- No replacement director announced.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001380106-22-000015
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RPID
- cik: 0001380106
- company_name: RAPID MICRO BIOSYSTEMS, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-03-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1380106/000138010622000015/0001380106-22-000015-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1380106/000138010622000015/c106-20220323x8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001380106-22-000015
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001380106-22-000015.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Alexander Schmitz departed as Director at RAPID MICRO BIOSYSTEMS, INC..
  - Action: does not intend to stand for reelection
  - Role: Director
  source text: On March 23, 2022, Alexander Schmitz, a member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Rapid Micro Biosystems, Inc. (the “Company”) informed the Company that he does not intend to stand for reelection at the Company’s 2022 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1380106/000138010622000015/0001380106-22-000015-index.htm

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