---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-26-032155"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "OGEN"
cik: "0001174940"
company_name: "ORAGENICS INC"
filed_at: "2026-07-06T20:05:39+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-06T20:07:36.263738+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Oragenics appoints John Spencer as CFO; shareholders authorize reverse stock split

## Summary
- John Spencer appointed CFO effective July 1, 2026; base salary $200,000, option award of $25,000.
- Shareholders re-elected all six directors: Pope, Telling, Koski, Dunton, Gandolfo, Giordano.
- Non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation passed (806,898 for, 478,522 against).
- Shareholders authorized reverse stock split at ratio between 1:2 and 1:50, within one year.
- Ratification of Cherry Bekaert LLP as auditors for 2026 passed (1,887,381 for, 184,883 against).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-26-032155
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: OGEN
- cik: 0001174940
- company_name: ORAGENICS INC
- filed_at: 2026-07-06T20:05:39+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1174940/000149315226032155/0001493152-26-032155-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1174940/000149315226032155/form8-k.htm

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