Solesence Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Leadership Update, Financial Statements and Exhibits
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Effective November 22, 2025, Solesence, Inc. (the "Company") entered into a Consulting Agreement (the "Consulting Agreement") with Jess Jankowski. As previously disclosed, Mr. Jankowski, who formerly served as Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, served as Board Advisor to the Company through his retirement on November 21, 2025. Pursuant to the Consulting Agreement, Mr. Jankowski will provide up to 80 hours of consulting services to the Company pertaining to management, financial record, SEC filings and related matters of the Company in exchange for a consulting fee of $177 per hour.
The description of the terms and conditions of the Consulting Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Consulting Agreement, which is filed as an exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
As disclosed in Item 1.01 of this current report on Form 8-K, which is incorporated into this Item 5.02, effective November 21, 2025, Jess Jankowski retired and resigned from his position on the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board"). Effective immediately upon Mr. Jankowski's retirement, the Board appointed Kevin Cureton, the Company's Chief Executive Officer and President, to serve as a Class III Director of the Board for the remainder of Mr. Jankowski's term. Consistent with Mr. Jankowski not serving on any committees of the Board, the Board does not anticipate appointing Mr. Cureton to any committees of the Board. The Board also formally recognized Mr. Jankowski's long and dedicated service to the Company and its shareholders, customers, and employees, and the Board expressed its appreciation to Mr. Jankowski for his many contributions to the Company.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
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| 10.1 | Jess Jankowski Consulting Agreement, dated November 22, 2025. | |
| 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, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Dated: December 1, 2025
| SOLESENCE, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Laura Riffner | |
| Laura Riffner | ||
| CFO | ||