---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-24-048258"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ARDX"
cik: "0001437402"
company_name: "ARDELYX, INC."
filed_at: "2024-11-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T22:57:52.511621+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ardelyx appoints Joseph Reilly as Principal Accounting Officer effective Nov 15, 2024

## Summary
- Joseph Reilly, age 51, appointed Principal Accounting Officer, replacing Robert Felsch.
- Reilly previously SVP Finance at Ardelyx; spent 15+ years at Bristol Myers Squibb and a decade at EY.
- Felsch remains with Ardelyx as a senior financial advisor to ensure smooth transition.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-24-048258
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ARDX
- cik: 0001437402
- company_name: ARDELYX, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-11-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1437402/000162828024048258/0001628280-24-048258-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1437402/000162828024048258/ardx-20241115.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-24-048258.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Joseph Reilly was appointed as Principal Accounting Officer at ARDELYX, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Principal Accounting Officer
  source text: The Company has appointed Joseph Reilly to replace Robert Felsch in his capacity as the Company’s Principal Accounting Officer effective November 15, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1437402/000162828024048258/0001628280-24-048258-index.htm
- Executive change
  Robert Felsch changed role as senior financial advisor at ARDELYX, INC..
  - Action: transitioned
  - Role: senior financial advisor
  source text: Mr. Felsch will remain with the Company and will transition to a senior financial advisor role within the Company
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1437402/000162828024048258/0001628280-24-048258-index.htm

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