---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001654954-24-002822"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SCND"
cik: "0000087802"
company_name: "SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2024-03-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T02:14:15.016742+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Scientific Industries appoints John Nicols as Class C Director and SBI Chairman

## Summary
- John Nicols appointed Class C Director, effective March 4, 2024.
- He joins the audit and compensation committees of the Board.
- Appointed Chairman of the Board of Scientific Bioprocessing (SBI).
- Nicols has been a consultant to the Bioprocessing Systems Operations since September 2023.
- Previously served as CEO of Codexis, Inc. from June 2012 to August 2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001654954-24-002822
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SCND
- cik: 0000087802
- company_name: SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2024-03-07T23:59:59+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/87802/000165495424002822/0001654954-24-002822-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/87802/000165495424002822/scnd_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001654954-24-002822
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001654954-24-002822.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001654954-24-002822.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  John Nicols was appointed as Class C Director at SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIES INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class C Director
  source text: On March 4, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Scientific Industries Inc. (the “Company”) appointed John Nicols (i) as a Class C Director of the Company, (ii) a member of the Board’s audit committee and (iii) a member of the Board’s compensation committee.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/87802/000165495424002822/0001654954-24-002822-index.htm

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