---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001867096-23-000045"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "XERS"
cik: "0001867096"
company_name: "Xeris Biopharma Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-03-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T11:16:26.530090+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Xeris expands board to 9, appoints Ricki Fairley as Class III director

## Summary
- Ricki Fairley appointed to board on March 27, 2023, expanding board from 8 to 9 members.
- Fairley brings 35+ years of marketing experience; currently CEO of TOUCH, The Black Breast Cancer Alliance.
- Received 85,000 RSUs vesting in equal annual installments over three years.
- Fairley's compensation follows the Non-Employee Director Compensation Policy filed as Exhibit 10.1.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001867096-23-000045
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: XERS
- cik: 0001867096
- company_name: Xeris Biopharma Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-03-29T23:59:59+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/1867096/000186709623000045/0001867096-23-000045-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1867096/000186709623000045/xers-20230327.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001867096-23-000045
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001867096-23-000045.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Ricki Fairley was appointed as Director at Xeris Biopharma Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On March 29, 2023, Xeris Biopharma Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) announced the expansion of the Company’s Board of Directors (the "Board") from 8 to 9 members and the appointment of Ricki Fairley to the Board on March 27, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1867096/000186709623000045/0001867096-23-000045-index.htm

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