---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-22-006794"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ABSI"
cik: "0001672688"
company_name: "Absci Corp"
filed_at: "2022-03-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T21:25:20.969500+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Absci appoints Dr. Andreas Busch to Board of Directors

## Summary
- Dr. Busch appointed to Class II director position effective March 17, 2022; Board expands to eight members.
- Received initial option for 45,180 shares at $8.87 exercise price, vesting over 3 years.
- Annual cash retainer of $45,000 for Board and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee service.
- No arrangements with any other person regarding appointment; no reportable family or transaction relationships.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-22-006794
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ABSI
- cik: 0001672688
- company_name: Absci Corp
- filed_at: 2022-03-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1672688/000162828022006794/0001628280-22-006794-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1672688/000162828022006794/absc-20220317.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-22-006794
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-22-006794.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-22-006794.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Andreas Busch was appointed as Director at Absci Corp.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On March 17, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Absci Corporation (the “Company”), upon the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board, appointed Dr. Andreas Busch to the Board effective that same date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1672688/000162828022006794/0001628280-22-006794-index.htm

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