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Posted 30 April, 2021

Akerna Corp. appointed new CEO

CEO Change detected for ticker Nasdaq:GRYP in a 8-K filed on 30 April, 2021.


  On April 26, 2021 the Compensation Committee (the "Committee") of the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Akerna Corp. (the "Company") determined the final annual bonus for Ms. Jessica Billingsley, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, for the six-month transition period ended December 31, 2020.  

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Overview of Akerna Corp.
Financial Services • Securities
MTech Acquisition Corp. operates as a blank check company that intends to engage in the acquisition, through a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, recapitalization, and other similar business transaction. It focus is on businesses ancillary to the cannabis industry, with a particular sector, including compliance, business intelligence, brand development, and media. The company was founded on September 27, 2017 and is headquartered in Orlando, FL.
Market Cap
$65.8M
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Relevant filing section
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. 


On April 26, 2021 the Compensation Committee (the "Committee") of the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Akerna Corp. (the "Company") determined the final annual bonus for Ms. Jessica Billingsley, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, for the six-month transition period ended December 31, 2020. For the six-month transition period, the Committee determined that Ms. Billingsley has earned a non-discretionary cash bonus award of $81,625 and a discretionary share bonus of $31,250 worth of the Company's shares of common stock, which resulted in the issuance of 7,548 shares of common stock to Ms. Billingsley based on the 10-day volume weighted average price of the common stock as of the date of the award. As result of the determination of Ms. Billingsley's annual bonus for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2020, the total annual compensation of Ms. Billingsley for the transition period ended December 31, 2020 as previously reported in the Company's Summary Compensation Table prepared in accordance with Item 402 of Regulation S-K under the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, increased from $219,940 to $332,815, which includes a grant date fair value of the 7,548 shares of common stock of $31,250 based on a closing share price of $4.14 on the date of grant.