---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-22-018827"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SMTK"
cik: "0001817760"
company_name: "SmartKem, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-12-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T01:52:47.761084+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SmartKem appoints Barbra C. Keck as CFO; grants 450,000 stock options

## Summary
- Barbra C. Keck appointed CFO effective December 14, 2022; she will resign from Audit and Compensation Committees but remain on board.
- Annual base salary of $300,000; eligible for annual bonus up to 40% based on KPIs.
- Granted options to purchase 450,000 shares at $2.00 per share under 2021 Equity Incentive Plan.
- Options vest: 150,000 shares after one year, remainder ratably monthly over two years.
- Ms. Keck previously served on the board since Feb 2021 and was CFO of Deverra Therapeutics.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-22-018827
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SMTK
- cik: 0001817760
- company_name: SmartKem, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-12-20T23:59:59+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/1817760/000155837022018827/0001558370-22-018827-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1817760/000155837022018827/smtk-20221214x8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-22-018827.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Barbra C. Keck was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at SmartKem, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Effective December 14, 2022, SmartKem, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Barbra C. Keck as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1817760/000155837022018827/0001558370-22-018827-index.htm

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