---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001564590-23-004687"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACHV"
cik: "0000949858"
company_name: "ACHIEVE LIFE SCIENCES, INC."
filed_at: "2023-03-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T09:55:56.661230+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Achieve Life Sciences appoints three new directors; three incumbents not standing for reelection

## Summary
- Stuart Duty, Thomas King, and Tom Sellig appointed to board effective March 29, 2023.
- Donald Joseph, Martin Mattingly, and Jay Moyes will not stand for reelection at June 2023 annual meeting.
- Appointments made under Cooperation Agreement with Dialectic Capital Management dated March 1, 2023.
- New directors each receive pro-rata $40K annual retainer and initial option for 24,000 shares vesting over 3 years.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564590-23-004687
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACHV
- cik: 0000949858
- company_name: ACHIEVE LIFE SCIENCES, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-03-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/949858/000156459023004687/0001564590-23-004687-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/949858/000156459023004687/achv-8k_20230329.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-23-004687.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Martin Mattingly departed as Director at ACHIEVE LIFE SCIENCES, INC..
  - Action: Not standing for reelection
  - Role: Director
  source text: Mr. Donald Joseph, Dr. Martin Mattingly and Mr. Jay Moyes (collectively, the “Outgoing Directors”), each a member of the Board, informed the Board that they would not be standing for reelection to the Board when their terms end at the Company’s 2023 annual meeting
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/949858/000156459023004687/0001564590-23-004687-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jay Moyes departed as Director at ACHIEVE LIFE SCIENCES, INC..
  - Action: Not standing for reelection
  - Role: Director
  source text: Mr. Donald Joseph, Dr. Martin Mattingly and Mr. Jay Moyes (collectively, the “Outgoing Directors”), each a member of the Board, informed the Board that they would not be standing for reelection to the Board when their terms end at the Company’s 2023 annual meeting
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/949858/000156459023004687/0001564590-23-004687-index.htm
- Executive change
  Donald Joseph departed as Director at ACHIEVE LIFE SCIENCES, INC..
  - Action: Not standing for reelection
  - Role: Director
  source text: Mr. Donald Joseph, Dr. Martin Mattingly and Mr. Jay Moyes (collectively, the “Outgoing Directors”), each a member of the Board, informed the Board that they would not be standing for reelection to the Board when their terms end at the Company’s 2023 annual meeting
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/949858/000156459023004687/0001564590-23-004687-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.