---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-21-022552"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LFMD"
cik: "0000948320"
company_name: "LifeMD, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-09-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T04:24:45.745567+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# LifeMD appoints Naveen Bhatia to board as Happy Walters resigns; Bhatia gets 8,000 RSUs and 100,000 options

## Summary
- Happy Walters resigned from LifeMD board on September 8, 2021.
- Naveen Bhatia appointed to board; he is a former Senior Director at Blackstone Tactical Opportunities Group.
- Bhatia receives one-time grant of 8,000 RSUs vesting quarterly beginning September 30, 2021.
- Bhatia also enters one-year consulting agreement: option to purchase 100,000 shares at $7.07 per share.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-21-022552
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LFMD
- cik: 0000948320
- company_name: LifeMD, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-09-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/948320/000149315221022552/0001493152-21-022552-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/948320/000149315221022552/form8-k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-21-022552.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Naveen Bhatia was appointed as Director at LifeMD, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On September 8, 2021, the Company appointed Naveen Bhatia as a member of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/948320/000149315221022552/0001493152-21-022552-index.htm
- Executive change
  Happy Walters resigned as Director at LifeMD, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On September 8, 2021, Happy Walters resigned from the board of directors (the “Board”) of LifeMD, Inc. (the “Company”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/948320/000149315221022552/0001493152-21-022552-index.htm

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