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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001467154-23-000113"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001467154"
company_name: "NVN Liquidation, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-10-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T18:23:43.277891+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Novan renames to NVN Liquidation Inc. as part of Chapter 11 winding down

## Summary
- Company filed Certificate of Amendment to change name from 'Novan, Inc.' to 'NVN Liquidation, Inc.' effective Oct 16, 2023.
- Bylaw amendment also adopted to reflect the new corporate name.
- Name change authorized by bankruptcy court order under Chapter 11 case No. 23-10937.
- Common stock trades OTC under symbol NOVNQ following Nasdaq delisting in July 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001467154-23-000113
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001467154
- company_name: NVN Liquidation, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-10-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1467154/000146715423000113/0001467154-23-000113-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1467154/000146715423000113/novn-20231016.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001467154-23-000113.txt

## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  NVN Liquidation, Inc.: Amended restated certificate of incorporation to change company name from Novan, Inc. to NVN Liquidation, Inc (effective 2023-10-16).
  - Change: charter amendment
  - Effective: 2023-10-16
  source text: On October 16, 2023, the Company filed a Certificate of Amendment to the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (the “Certificate of Amendment”) to change its name from “Novan, Inc.” to “NVN Liquidation, Inc.”
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1467154/000146715423000113/0001467154-23-000113-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  NVN Liquidation, Inc.: Adopted amendment to Amended and Restated Bylaws to reflect name change to NVN Liquidation, Inc (effective 2023-10-16).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-10-16
  source text: effective October 16, 2023, the Company adopted an amendment to its Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Bylaw Amendment”) to reflect the change of the Company’s name to “NVN Liquidation, Inc.”
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1467154/000146715423000113/0001467154-23-000113-index.htm

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