---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-041775"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CBUS"
cik: "0001705843"
company_name: "Cibus, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-06-09T12:19:15+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T12:20:18.368036+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cibus appoints Craig Wichner as CEO; Peter Beetham returns to President/COO

## Summary
- Craig Wichner appointed CEO effective June 8, 2026; previously board member since Nov 2025.
- Peter Beetham returns to President/COO after 15 months as Interim CEO; raised over $62M during tenure.
- Both Wichner and Beetham resigned from board; board size reduced to seven.
- Wichner receives $650k base salary, plus RSU and stock option awards each with $1.1M grant date fair value.
- Beetham's annual base salary reduced from $650k to $585k.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-041775
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CBUS
- cik: 0001705843
- company_name: Cibus, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-06-09T12:19:15+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1705843/000162828026041775/0001628280-26-041775-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1705843/000162828026041775/cbus-20260608.htm

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- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-041775.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-041775.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Peter Beetham changed role as President and Chief Operating Officer at Cibus, Inc..
  - Action: returned to his role
  - Role: President and Chief Operating Officer
  source text: Peter Beetham, who had been serving as Interim Chief Executive Officer since February 2025, returned to his role as the Company’s President and Chief Operating Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1705843/000162828026041775/0001628280-26-041775-index.htm
- Executive change
  Craig Wichner was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at Cibus, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: appointed Craig Wichner as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer on June 8, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1705843/000162828026041775/0001628280-26-041775-index.htm
- Executive change
  Peter Beetham resigned as Director at Cibus, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: Dr. Beetham resigned from the Board also effective June 8, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1705843/000162828026041775/0001628280-26-041775-index.htm
- Executive change
  Craig Wichner resigned as Director at Cibus, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: Mr. Wichner resigned from the Board and from the Strategy Committee of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1705843/000162828026041775/0001628280-26-041775-index.htm

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