secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Alto Neuroscience, Inc. (ANRO)
CIK:        0001999480
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-27T21:18:31+00:00
Accession:  0001999480-26-000024
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Alto Neuroscience promotes CFO Nicholas Smith to President and CFO; Etkin stays CEO
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- Effective Aug 26, 2026, Nicholas C. Smith promoted from CFO/CBO to President and CFO.
- Amit Etkin remains CEO but no longer President; stays principal executive officer.
- Smith receives $6M retention payment: $3M within 10 days, $3M at 12-month anniversary.
- Retention payment requires 2-year employment; repayment if resignation or termination for cause.
- Agreement filed as Exhibit 10.1; no family relationships or Item 404(a) transactions.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1999480/000199948026000024/0001999480-26-000024-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1999480/000199948026000024/alto-20260826.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001999480-26-000024

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