---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-26-020657"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NXGL"
cik: "0001468929"
company_name: "NEXGEL, INC."
filed_at: "2026-04-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T00:40:44.841467+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# NexGel appoints Ian Blackman as CFO; Adam Drapczuk resigns as interim CFO

## Summary
- Ian Blackman appointed CFO effective April 27, 2026; CPA with over 30 years of finance leadership experience.
- Base salary of $250,000; cash bonus tied to EBITDA tiers: 10% at $4M, 30% at $6M, 50% at $8M.
- Received initial option grant for 160,000 shares, 5-year term, vesting over 4 years with acceleration upon change in control.
- Press release links appointment to advancing Celularity acquisition: definitive agreement to license/acquire regenerative biomaterial products from Celularity (NASDAQ: CELU).
- Adam Drapczuk resigned as interim CFO with no disagreement; will continue providing consulting services.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-26-020657
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NXGL
- cik: 0001468929
- company_name: NEXGEL, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-04-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1468929/000149315226020657/0001493152-26-020657-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1468929/000149315226020657/form8-k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Adam Drapczuk resigned as Chief Financial Officer at NEXGEL, INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Mr. Blackman succeeds Mr. Drapczuk as the Company’s principal financial officer and principal accounting officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1468929/000149315226020657/0001493152-26-020657-index.htm
- Executive change
  Ian Blackman was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at NEXGEL, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: the Board of Directors of the Company (the “ Board ”) appointed Ian Blackman, age 58, as Chief Financial Officer of NexGel, Inc. (the “ Company ”), effective April 27, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1468929/000149315226020657/0001493152-26-020657-index.htm

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