---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-22-011958"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VXRT"
cik: "0000072444"
company_name: "Vaxart, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-05-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T21:17:38.637301+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Vaxart appoints Fuad Ahmad as Interim CFO; Floroiu and Echerd step down

## Summary
- Fuad Ahmad appointed Interim CFO effective May 10, 2022, as Vaxart searches for a permanent CFO.
- Andrei Floroiu ceased as Principal Financial Officer; Margaret Echerd ceased as Principal Accounting Officer.
- FLG Partners to pay $650/hour for Ahmad's services; agreement has indefinite term with 30-day termination notice.
- Margaret Echerd to provide transition services at $10,000/month for up to 30 hours/month after retirement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-22-011958
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VXRT
- cik: 0000072444
- company_name: Vaxart, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-05-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72444/000143774922011958/0001437749-22-011958-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72444/000143774922011958/vxrt20220510_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-22-011958.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Margaret Echerd retired as Principal Accounting Officer at Vaxart, Inc..
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Principal Accounting Officer
  source text: and Margaret Echerd ceased to serve as the Company’s Principal Accounting Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72444/000143774922011958/0001437749-22-011958-index.htm
- Executive change
  Andrei Floroiu departed as Principal Financial Officer at Vaxart, Inc..
  - Action: ceased
  - Role: Principal Financial Officer
  source text: As of May 10, 2022, Andrei Floroiu ceased to serve as the Company’s Principal Financial Officer
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72444/000143774922011958/0001437749-22-011958-index.htm
- Executive change
  Fuad Ahmad was appointed as Interim Chief Financial Officer at Vaxart, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On May 10, 2022, Vaxart, Inc. (the “ Company ”) retained Fuad Ahmad, a partner at FLG Partners, LLC (“ FLG Partners ”), a chief financial officer services and board advisory consulting firm, as the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer and, in his capacity as a non-employee consultant, as the Company’s Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer while Vaxart conducts its ongoing search for a Chief Financial Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72444/000143774922011958/0001437749-22-011958-index.htm

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