---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001640334-21-001665"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ARTL"
cik: "0001621221"
company_name: "ARTELO BIOSCIENCES, INC."
filed_at: "2021-07-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T02:36:12.412519+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Artelo Biosciences director John W. Beck dies; board appoints replacements

## Summary
- Connie Matsui appointed to Audit Committee; Tamara A. Seymour named Chair.
- Board size decreased to seven directors following Beck's death on July 20, 2021.
- Company states it now fully complies with SEC and Nasdaq governance requirements.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001640334-21-001665
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ARTL
- cik: 0001621221
- company_name: ARTELO BIOSCIENCES, INC.
- filed_at: 2021-07-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1621221/000164033421001665/0001640334-21-001665-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1621221/000164033421001665/artl_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001640334-21-001665
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001640334-21-001665.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001640334-21-001665.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  John W. Beck departed as Member of the Board of Directors and Chair of the Audit Committee at ARTELO BIOSCIENCES, INC..
  - Action: died
  - Role: Member of the Board of Directors and Chair of the Audit Committee
  source text: the untimely and unexpected death of Mr. John W. Beck on July 20, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1621221/000164033421001665/0001640334-21-001665-index.htm

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