---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001625101-21-000057"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PLSE"
cik: "0001625101"
company_name: "PULSE BIOSCIENCES, INC."
filed_at: "2021-11-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T05:29:36.344977+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Pulse Biosciences elects Shelley Spray to Board; DeBuono resigns

## Summary
- Shelley D. Spray elected to the Board effective Nov 24, 2021; term expires at 2022 annual meeting.
- Spray receives initial stock option grant for 32,500 shares vesting over three years.
- Non-employee director annual retainer of $40,000 paid quarterly; Spray eligible for proportionate retainer.
- Laureen DeBuono resigned from Board and committees on Nov 18, 2021 due to expanding work commitments.
- Resignation not due to any disagreement with the Company's operations, policies, or practices.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001625101-21-000057
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PLSE
- cik: 0001625101
- company_name: PULSE BIOSCIENCES, INC.
- filed_at: 2021-11-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1625101/000162510121000057/0001625101-21-000057-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1625101/000162510121000057/plse-20211118x8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001625101-21-000057
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001625101-21-000057.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001625101-21-000057.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Shelley D. Spray was elected as Director at PULSE BIOSCIENCES, INC..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On November 24, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Pulse Biosciences, Inc. (the “Company”) elected Shelley D. Spray to the Board, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1625101/000162510121000057/0001625101-21-000057-index.htm
- Executive change
  Laureen DeBuono resigned as Director at PULSE BIOSCIENCES, INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On November 18, 2021, Laureen DeBuono resigned from the Board
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1625101/000162510121000057/0001625101-21-000057-index.htm

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