UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 8, 2023
EQRX, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | | 001-40312 | | 86-1691173 |
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation) | | (Commission
File Number) | | (IRS Employer
Identification No.) |
| 50 Hampshire Street, Cambridge, MA | | 02139 |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 617-315-2255
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | | Trading
Symbol(s) | | Name of each exchange
on which registered |
| Common stock, par value $0.0001 per share | | EQRX | | The Nasdaq Global Market |
| Warrants to purchase one share of common stock at an exercise price of $11.50 | | EQRXW | | The Nasdaq Global Market |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ¨
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨
| Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
On March 8, 2023, Jami Rubin notified EQRx, Inc. (EQRx) of her decision to step down as Chief Financial Officer (and as principal financial officer and principal accounting officer) of EQRx effective March 31, 2023. Ms. Rubin’s departure is not related to a disagreement with EQRx on any matter relating to EQRx’s operations, policies or practices. EQRx thanks Jami for her service and contributions to EQRx and wishes her all the best as she contemplates new endeavors.
Accordingly, on March 9, 2023, EQRx’s board of directors (the Board) appointed Melanie Nallicheri, EQRx’s President and Chief Executive Officer and principal executive officer, as principal financial officer, with immediate effect, and plans to conduct a search for a successor chief financial officer.
Ms. Nallicheri, age 54, has been EQRx’s President, Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board since December 2021 and is a co-founder of EQRx International, Inc. and was the President and Chief Operating Officer of EQRx International, Inc. since August 2019 and effective September 1, 2021 assumed the role of President and Chief Executive Officer and joined EQRx International, Inc.’s board of directors. Ms. Nallicheri is a healthcare and life sciences executive with nearly three decades of experience. Prior to joining EQRx International, Inc., from September 2016 to April 2019, Ms. Nallicheri served as Chief Business Officer and Head of Biopharma for Foundation Medicine, Inc. Prior to that, from 2013 to June 2016, Ms. Nallicheri served in a variety of roles at McKesson Corporation, including as Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Business Development at McKesson Distribution Solutions and McKesson Data & Analytics; and prior thereto, from 2011 to 2013 as Senior Vice President, Corporate Development at Geron Corporation. Ms. Nallicheri holds an M.S. in business and economics from WHU Otto Beisheim School of Corporate Management in Koblenz, Germany and an M.B.A. with honors from Columbia Business School.
There are no understandings or arrangements between Ms. Nallicheri and any other person pursuant to which she was appointed as principal financial officer, and, as previously disclosed in EQRx’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, Ms. Nallicheri has no material interest in any transaction or proposed transaction in which EQRx is or is to be a party. Ms. Nallicheri has no family relationship with any director or executive officer of EQRx.
SIGNATURES
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.
| Date: March 13, 2023 | | EQRX, INC. |
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| | By: | /s/ Melanie Nallicheri |
| | Name: | Melanie Nallicheri |
| | Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer |
