---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-26-024510"
form_type: "8-K/A"
ticker: "CELC"
cik: "0001603454"
company_name: "Celcuity Inc."
filed_at: "2026-05-20T11:30:22+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-20T11:36:25.121951+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Celcuity appoints Charles R. Romp to board; board expands from 7 to 8

## Summary
- Board expanded from 7 to 8 members; Charles R. Romp appointed as director effective Feb 11, 2026.
- Mr. Romp qualifies as an independent director under Nasdaq and SEC rules.
- On May 14, 2026, appointed to Compensation Committee and Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee.
- Compensation: $70k annual cash retainer, $135k annual equity award, initial 215 restricted shares vesting Apr 30, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-26-024510
- form_type: 8-K/A
- ticker: CELC
- cik: 0001603454
- company_name: Celcuity Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-05-20T11:30:22+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1603454/000149315226024510/0001493152-26-024510-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1603454/000149315226024510/form8-ka.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-26-024510.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Charles (Chip) R. Romp was appointed as Director at Celcuity Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On February 11, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company, upon the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board (the “N&CG Committee”), voted to increase the size of the Board from seven members to eight members and to appoint Charles (Chip) R. Romp as a new director to fill the resulting vacancy, effective immediately, for a term extending through the date of the Company’s 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and the election of his successor, or his earlier death, resignation or removal.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1603454/000149315226024510/0001493152-26-024510-index.htm

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