Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Resignation of Director
On February 4, 2023, Dr. Sharmila Makhija, a member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of GigCapital5, Inc. (the “Company”) and member of the Audit Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board and the chair of the Compensation Committee, resigned effective immediately. Dr. Makhija’s resignation is not the result of any disagreement with the Company.
Appointment of Director
On February 7, 2023, the Board appointed Karen M. Rogge, as a new member of the Board and as a member of the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee, and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board, with such appointment to be effective immediately.
Ms. Rogge fills the vacancy created by the resignation of Dr. Makhija and will serve on the Board until her successor has been elected and qualified, subject, however, to any earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal.
Ms. Rogge will also enter into the Company’s standard director and officer indemnification agreement, the form of which was previously filed by the Company as Exhibit 10.8 to Amendment No. 1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1/A (Registration No. 333- 254038), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 19, 2021.
There are no arrangements or understandings between Ms. Rogge and any other persons pursuant to which she was appointed as a director. Furthermore, there are no transactions in which Ms. Rogge has an interest that would be required to be reported under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
Exhibits
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Exhibit 104 | | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |