Ocugen Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update
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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Effective May 29, 2026, Ramesh Ramachandran, CPA, MBA, CMA, resigned as the Chief Accounting Officer of Ocugen, Inc. (the “Company”). Following the resignation of Mr. Ramachandran, who was designated as the Company's principal accounting officer prior to his resignation, on June 3, 2026, Rita Johnson-Greene, MBA, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, was appointed as the Company’s principal accounting officer.
Descriptions of the material terms of Ms. Johnson-Greene’s employment agreement and Ms. Johnson-Greene’s biographical information were previously included in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 9, 2026, which descriptions are incorporated herein by reference. There are no arrangements or understandings between Ms. Johnson-Greene and any other persons pursuant to which Ms. Johnson-Greene was appointed as principal accounting officer of the Company. In addition, there are no family relationships between Ms. Johnson-Greene and any director or executive officer of the Company, and there are no transactions involving Ms. Johnson-Greene requiring disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
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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.
| OCUGEN, INC. | |||
| Date: June 3, 2026 | By: | /s/ Shankar Musunuri | |
| Name: | Shankar Musunuri | ||
| Title: | Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, & Co-Founder | ||
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