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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
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On October 18, 2023, Paul Meister informed the Board of Directors of the Company (the Board) that he intended to resign from the Board and that Novalis LifeSciences LLC (Novalis) had designated Greg Herrema as the Novalis designee to the Board pursuant to the terms of the Preferred Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement with Novalis dated May 31, 2023. Mr. Meister’s resignation was not the result of any disagreement with management or the Board. The Board thanked Mr. Meister for his service and, upon Mr. Meister’s resignation, immediately appointed Mr. Herrema to the Board to fill the vacancy created by Mr. Meister’s resignation.
Greg Herrema, 57, joined Novalis LifeSciences as a senior advisor in September 2022. Prior to that, he spent 19 years ending in April 2021 at Thermo Fisher Scientific in multiple division and group president roles, most recently as Senior Vice President and President, Customer Channels. Before that, Mr. Herrema worked at General Electric in various sales and marketing roles leading into general management. Mr. Herrema also serves on the Board of Directors of LevitasBio, Inc. Mr. Herrema earned an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Virginia Tech.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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Telesis Bio Inc. |
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October 24, 2023 |
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/s/ Todd R. Nelson |
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Todd R. Nelson |