---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-22-000589"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MTVA"
cik: "0001638287"
company_name: "MetaVia Inc."
filed_at: "2022-01-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T14:14:44.088998+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# NeuroBo appoints D. Gordon Strickland to board, Audit Committee Chair

## Summary
- D. Gordon Strickland appointed to Class I director effective Jan 27, 2022; term expires at 2023 annual meeting.
- Will serve as Chairman of Audit Committee; determined independent and an audit committee financial expert.
- Initial nonstatutory stock option for 40,000 shares vesting in 3 equal annual installments.
- Annual cash retainers: $40,000 for director service plus $18,000 as Audit Committee Chair.
- Strickland previously Chairman and CEO of Ampex Corporation, with over 35 years of leadership experience.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-22-000589
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MTVA
- cik: 0001638287
- company_name: MetaVia Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-01-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1638287/000155837022000589/0001558370-22-000589-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1638287/000155837022000589/nrbo-20220127x8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-22-000589
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-22-000589.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-22-000589.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  D. Gordon Strickland was appointed as Class I Director at MetaVia Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class I Director
  source text: appointed D. Gordon Strickland, effective immediately, to serve as a Class I director to hold office for a term expiring at the Company’s 2023 annual meeting
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1638287/000155837022000589/0001558370-22-000589-index.htm

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