11/26/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 11/26/2024 15:31
Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On November 20, 2024, the board of directors (the "Board") of Amesite Inc. (the "Company") authorized and approved the appointment of Sarah Berman as Principal Financial and Accounting Officer of the Company effective December 15, 2024. In connection with Ms. Berman's appointment, the Board determined not to renew the engagement of Sherlyn W. Farrell, who previously served as the Company's Chief Financial Officer since December 15, 2022.
On November 20, 2024, the Company entered into a CFO Agreement with Ms. Berman (the "Berman CFO Agreement"), a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto. Pursuant to the Berman CFO Agreement, Ms. Berman shall serve as the Principal Financial and Accounting Officer of the Company for a term of one year commencing on December 15, 2024 at a fixed monthly fee of $4,000. There are no family relationships between Ms. Berman and any other director or officer of the Company. Ms. Berman has not engaged in any transactions described in Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. The foregoing description of the Berman CFO Agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Berman CFO Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.
Set forth below is the biographical information of Ms. Berman, as required by Item 401 of Regulation S-K.
Ms. Berman is a Certified Public Accountant and has extensive experience in accounting, auditing and record-keeping for public and private companies. In June 2019, Ms. Berman founded Better Books Consulting ("Better Books"), an accounting advisory firm. Prior to Better Books, Ms. Berman served as Senior Accountant at Big Red's Equipment from January 2018 through June 2019. Ms. Berman also previously served as Senior Audit Manager at Turner, Stone & Company, L.L.P. ("Turner Stone") from 2015 through 2017. She also previously served as Audit Manager at Turner Stone from 2012 through 2015 and as a member of the Audit Staff from 2008 through 2011.