Lefteris Acquisition Corp. filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update, Financial Statements and Exhibits
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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 7, 2022
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Item 5.02
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Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
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On September 7, 2022, Karl Roessner resigned as Chief Executive Officer of Lefteris Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”), effective immediately. On September 7, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) appointed Jon
Isaacson, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and Chief Corporate Development Officer, to succeed Mr. Roessner as Chief Executive Officer, effective September 8, 2022, in addition to his current roles.
Mr. Isaacson, 51, has served as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and Chief Corporate Development Officer since its inception. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Isaacson served as the Chief Financial
Officer of Senseonics, Inc. (NYSE: SENS), a portfolio company of venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates from January 2019 to December 2019. Prior to joining Senseonics, he served as the Chief Financial Officer of Edelman Financial Services,
LLC from November 2017 to December 2018. Before joining Edelman Financial Services, he served as a Managing Director for over 14 years at American Capital, Ltd (NASDAQ: ACAS), from November 2002 to January 2017. Mr. Isaacson also held roles at Thayer
Capital Partners, L.P., GTCR LLC, McKinsey & Company and Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC. Mr. Isaacson received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from The Johns Hopkins University and his Master of
Business Administration from Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
There are no arrangements or understandings pursuant to which Mr. Isaacson was selected for his position. He has no family relationships with any of the Company’s directors or executive officers, and he is not a
party to, and he does not have any direct or indirect material interest in, any transaction requiring disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
The Board has appointed Mr. Roessner to become Vice Chairman of the Company, effective September 8, 2022.
Mr. Roessner, 54, has served as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer since its inception. Prior to joining the Company, Roessner served as the Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of
E*TRADE Financial Corp from September 2016 to August 2019. (“E*TRADE”) (NASDAQ: ETFC). Prior to being named Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Roessner served as E*TRADE’s Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary from May 2009 to September
2016. Before joining E*TRADE, Mr. Roessner was a Partner at Clifford Chance US LLP in its Mergers & Acquisitions Group. Mr. Roessner received his Bachelor of Business Administration from Siena College and his Juris Doctor degree from St. John’s
University School of Law.
There are no arrangements or understandings pursuant to which Mr. Roessner was selected for his position. He has no family relationships with any of the Company’s directors or executive officers, and he is not a
party to, and he does not have any direct or indirect material interest in, any transaction requiring disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
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Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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(d) Exhibits
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Press release dated September 8, 2022
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SIGNATURE
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.
Dated: September 8, 2022
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LEFTERIS ACQUISITION CORP.
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By:
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/s/ Jon Isaacson
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Name: Jon Isaacson
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Title: Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Corporate Development Officer
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