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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-26-045364"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AKTX"
cik: "0001541157"
company_name: "Akari Therapeutics Plc"
filed_at: "2026-10-01T20:45:31+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T14:25:43.211316+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Akari Therapeutics raises CEO Gaslightwala's base salary to $625,000 from $475,000 and bonus target to 55%

## Summary
- Base salary raised from $475,000 to $625,000 effective Aug 18, 2026; $562,500 paid in cash and $62,500 delivered as RSUs over the 12 months beginning Aug 18, 2026.
- Target annual bonus lifted to 55% of base salary from 50%, for total target salary-plus-bonus of about $970,000, calculated on the full $625,000 base.
- 174,000 ADS options granted under the 2023 Equity Incentive Plan effective Aug 18, 2026, vesting monthly over four years with vesting deemed to begin March 18, 2026.
- RSUs vest in four quarterly installments from Nov 18, 2026 to Aug 18, 2027; RSUs and the 174,000 options are forfeited if shareholders do not approve a 2023 Plan ADS reserve increase.
- Amendment also restates the CEO agreement's existing equity: 1,100,000 ADS time-based option and 600,000 ADS performance option tied to Dec 31, 2025 financing or licensing milestones.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-26-045364
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AKTX
- cik: 0001541157
- company_name: Akari Therapeutics Plc
- filed_at: 2026-10-01T20:45:31+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1541157/000149315226045364/0001493152-26-045364-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1541157/000149315226045364/form8-k.htm

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