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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001494650-24-000140"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001494650"
company_name: "OptiNose, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-10-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T17:53:21.810815+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# OptiNose appoints Terry Kohler as CFO; grants 675K share option and 150K RSUs as inducement

## Summary
- Terry Kohler appointed CFO effective Oct 7, 2024; previously CFO of Verrica Pharmaceuticals.
- Base salary of $450,000/year, target bonus 45% of salary, eligible for annual equity awards.
- Received inducement grant: option to purchase 675,000 shares at $0.71/share and 150,000 RSUs, both vesting over 4 years.
- One-time special payment of $90,000 payable in March 2025, repayable if employment terminated within 12 months.
- Severance: 12 months base salary without cause/good reason; enhanced benefits upon change of control.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001494650-24-000140
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001494650
- company_name: OptiNose, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-10-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1494650/000149465024000140/0001494650-24-000140-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1494650/000149465024000140/optn-20241007.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001494650-24-000140
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001494650-24-000140.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001494650-24-000140.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Terry Kohler was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at OptiNose, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On October 7, 2024, OptiNose, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Terry Kohler as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1494650/000149465024000140/0001494650-24-000140-index.htm

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