---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001564590-21-048617"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CCEL"
cik: "0000862692"
company_name: "CRYO CELL INTERNATIONAL INC"
filed_at: "2021-09-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T02:10:32.419763+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cryo-Cell appoints co-CEO Portnoy and Mizrahi to board; Oct 20 annual meeting set

## Summary
- George Gaines (retired) and Jonathan Wheeler (health reasons) resigned as directors effective Sept 17/20, 2021.
- Board appointed Mark Portnoy (Co-CEO) and Daniel Mizrahi (CEO of Power Tech, S.A.) to fill vacancies effective Sept 20, 2021.
- Annual stockholders' meeting fixed for October 20, 2021; record date September 20, 2021; proposal deadline September 22, 2021.
- Press release highlights recent NASDAQ uplisting, though filing still lists OTCQB as trading symbol.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564590-21-048617
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CCEL
- cik: 0000862692
- company_name: CRYO CELL INTERNATIONAL INC
- filed_at: 2021-09-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/862692/000156459021048617/0001564590-21-048617-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/862692/000156459021048617/ccel-8k_20210917.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-21-048617.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  George Gaines resigned as Director at CRYO CELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: Effective September 17, 2021 and September 20, 2021, George Gaines and Jonathan Wheeler, MD (respectively) resigned as directors of Cryo-Cell International, Inc.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/862692/000156459021048617/0001564590-21-048617-index.htm
- Executive change
  Daniel Mizrahi was appointed as Director at CRYO CELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On September 20, 2021 the Board of the Company appointed Mark Portnoy, the Company’s Co-CEO, and Daniel Mizrahi to the Board as directors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/862692/000156459021048617/0001564590-21-048617-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jonathan Wheeler resigned as Director at CRYO CELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: Effective September 17, 2021 and September 20, 2021, George Gaines and Jonathan Wheeler, MD (respectively) resigned as directors of Cryo-Cell International, Inc.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/862692/000156459021048617/0001564590-21-048617-index.htm
- Executive change
  Mark Portnoy was appointed as Director at CRYO CELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On September 20, 2021 the Board of the Company appointed Mark Portnoy, the Company’s Co-CEO, and Daniel Mizrahi to the Board as directors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/862692/000156459021048617/0001564590-21-048617-index.htm

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