GWG Holdings Inc filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update, Financial Statements and Exhibits
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| * | On May 18, 2022, Nasdaq Stock Market LLC filed a Form 25 delisting and deregistering the shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of GWG Holdings, Inc. from The Nasdaq Stock Market, which became effective ten days after the filing of the Form 25. GWG Holdings, Inc.’s common stock began trading exclusively on the market on April 29, 2022 under the symbol GWGHQ. |
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| Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers |
On November 25, 2022, Murray T. Holland, the former president and CEO of GWG Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”), and a member of the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”), gave notice to the Company of his resignation as a member of the Board and any committees thereof. A copy of Mr. Holland’s letter of resignation is attached to this Form 8-K as Exhibit 17.1. On December 1, 2022, Mr. Holland delivered a letter to the Board (attached to this Form 8-K as Exhibit 17.2) that notes his disagreement with the conclusions and findings of the investigations committee of the Board, and the Company believes that Mr. Holland’s resignation from the Board is the result of such disagreement. The Company announced the resignation of Mr. Holland via a press release dated December 1, 2022 and attached to this Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1. The Company provided Mr. Holland the opportunity to review the disclosure included in this Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company on December 1, 2022, and noted no disagreement with the disclosure.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
| 17.1 | Resignation Letter of Murray T. Holland dated November 25, 2022. | |
| 17.2 | Letter from Murray T. Holland dated December 1, 2022. | |
| 99.1 | Press Release dated December 1, 2022 | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL Document) | |
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| GWG HOLDINGS, INC. | ||||||
| Date: December 1, 2022 | By: | /s/ Jeffrey S. Stein | ||||
| Name: | Jeffrey S. Stein | |||||
| Title: | Chief Restructuring Officer | |||||