Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On January 26, 2023, Fresh Tracks Therapeutics, Inc. (the "Company") announced
that Andrew D. Sklawer, age 39, the Company's current President, has been
appointed by the Board of Directors (the "Board") of the Company as the
Company's President and Chief Executive Officer, effective January 31, 2023,
consistent with the Board's executive succession planning. Mr. Sklawer has been
the Company's President since September 2022, was the Company's President and
Chief Operating Officer from May 2022 to September 2022, and prior to that was
the Company's Chief Operating Officer and Secretary beginning in 2009. He also
is one of the Company's co-founders.
Mr. Sklawer will succeed Robert B. Brown, the current Chief Executive Officer of
the Company, who notified the Company on January 23, 2023 of his decision to
retire and resign, effective as of midnight Eastern time on January 31, 2023.
Mr. Brown will remain a member of the Board.
In connection with Mr. Brown's resignation as Chief Executive Officer, the
Company and Dancing Bear Consulting, LLC, a limited liability company owned by
Mr. Brown, entered into a Consulting Agreement (the "Consulting Agreement"),
which will be effective as of February 1, 2023, under which Mr. Brown will
personally provide consulting and advisory services to the Company. The initial
term of the Consulting Agreement is one year (the "Initial Term"), subject to
automatic renewal for additional one-year terms unless either party terminates.
The Consulting Agreement provides for compensation at a fixed rate of $10,000
per month, as well as reimbursement of Mr. Brown's related business expenses.
Mr. Brown will provide consulting and advisory services as requested by the
Company. If the Consulting Agreement is terminated (i) without cause by the
Company or (ii) by Mr. Brown for cause or in the event of the Company's
bankruptcy or insolvency, the Company will be obligated to pay the remaining
compensation that would have been payable during the Initial Term. The foregoing
summary of the Consulting Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to
the full text of the Consulting Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit
10.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
Aaron Fox-Collis, age 42, has been appointed VP of Finance & Chief Accounting
Officer and principal accounting officer by the Board of Directors, effective
January 31, 2023. Albert N. Marchio, II, the Company's current principal
accounting officer, will remain the Company's Chief Financial Officer and
principal financial officer.
Mr. Fox-Collis has been with the Company since July 2020, serving as the
Company's Controller and Senior Director, Finance from June 2022 to December
2022, and the Company's Accounting Manager from July 2020 to May 2022. Prior to
joining the Company, Mr. Fox-Collis spent 10 years in public accounting, most
recently as an assurance senior manager from January 2019 to June 2020 and an
assurance manager from August 2016 to December 2018, each with BDO USA, LLP,
providing audit and accounting services to a variety of public and private
companies spanning numerous industries. Mr. Fox-Collis received his B.A. in
Economics and Political Science from the University of Colorado at Boulder and
is an actively licensed Certified Public Accountant.
Each of Messrs. Sklawer and Fox-Collis has no family relationship with any
director or executive officer of the Company, and each has no direct or indirect
material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item
404(a) of Regulation S-K.
Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
On January 27, 2023, the Company issued a press release announcing the
leadership transition described in Item 5.02 above. A copy of the press release
is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
The information in this Item 7.01 is being furnished and shall not be deemed
"filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall
it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, regardless of any general incorporation language in such
filing.
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Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
10.1 Consulting Agreement, by and between Fresh Tracks Therapeutics, Inc. and Dancing
Bear Consulting, LLC, effective as of January 31, 2023
99.1 Press release issued by Fresh Tracks Therapeutics, Inc. on January 27, 2023
104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)
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