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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 June 23, 2025, the Board appointed a new independent director, Garth Lees-Rolfe, to hold office until the earlier of the expiration of the term of office, a successor is duly elected and qualified, or the earlier of her death, resignation, disqualification, or removal. There exist no family relationships among any of the Company’s Directors or executive officers.
Certain information concerning the backgrounds of Mr. Lees-Rolfe is set forth below.
Garth Lees-Rolfe has over 19 years of experience in finance, accounting and strategic financial planning. Mr. Lees-Rolfe is the current CFO of ABLi Therapeutics, Inc., a private clinical-stage biotech company and has been since April 2025. Previously Garth was the CFO of Inhibikase Therapeutics, Inc., (NASDAQ: IKT) a publicly traded global clinical-stage biotech company from April 2024 to April 2025 and the VP of Finance from November 2022 to April 2024. Mr. Lees-Rolfe previously served as the Vice-President, Finance for F-Star, Inc., (NASDAQ: FSTX) a publicly traded global clinical-stage biotech company from December 2021 to November 2022. Prior to that, Mr. Lees-Rolfe worked for 16 years in public practice, most of which was with Ernst & Young, most recently as Senior Manager from 2016 to 2021. Mr. Lees-Rolfe earned a Bachelor of Business from the Queensland University of Technology and a Graduate Certificate in Applied Finance from Kaplan Professional. He is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in the state of Massachusetts and a licensed Chartered Accountant of Australia and New Zealand.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL Document) |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Date: June 25, 2025. | ||
| LUDWIG ENTERPRISES, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Charles Todd, Jr. | |
| Charles Todd Jr. | ||
| Chief Executive Officer | ||
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