8-K: Current report
Published on November 18, 2025
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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.
On November 13, 2025 (the “Effective Date”), Apimeds Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Executive Employment Agreement, dated September 21, 2023 (the “Agreement”), with Erik Emerson, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (the “Executive”). Effective as of the Effective Date, the Amendment increases the Executive’s annual base salary to $500,000. It also provides that, if the Executive is terminated by the Company without cause, the Executive will be entitled to a severance payment equal to twenty-four (24) months of base salary and benefits and immediate vesting of all unvested equity, subject to the Executive’s execution of a release of claims against the Company. The amendment further clarifies that, upon termination by the Company for cause or by the Executive without good reason, any unvested equity will be automatically forfeited without payment or consideration by the Company.
The foregoing description of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amendment, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 10.1 | Amendment to Executive Employment Agreement, dated November 13, 2025 | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the inline XBRL document) |
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SIGNATURE
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.
| Apimeds Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. | ||
| Date: November 18, 2025 | By: | /s/ Erik Emerson |
| Name: | Erik Emerson | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
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