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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 October 19, 2026 (the “Transition Date”), David Yablunosky ceased to serve as the Chief Financial Officer, Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer for Innventure, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) and ceased to serve as the Chief Financial Officer and an employee of the Company’s subsidiary, Innventure LLC.
On the Transition Date, the Company entered into a Consulting Agreement with Mr. Yablunosky (the “Consulting Agreement”) pursuant to which, subject to Mr. Yablunosky’s execution and delivery of a general release in a form acceptable to the Company (the “Release”), he will provide transition services to the Company as an independent contractor (the “Services”) during the period (the “Term”) beginning on the Transition Date and through the earlier of May 14, 2027 or such earlier date as the Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms (the “Termination Date”).
As consideration for the Services, (i) the Company will pay Mr. Yablunosky $5,500 per week for each week that Services are provided during the Term; (ii) the Company will reimburse Mr. Yablunosky for the full monthly cost of certain premiums associated with his election of continuation coverage for him and his spouse under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended; (iii) the Company will reimburse Mr. Yablunosky for certain travel and other reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with the Services, provided such expenses are approved in advance by the Company; and (iv) certain unvested securities of the Company and its subsidiary, Refinity Holdings, LLC, held by Mr. Yablunosky will continue to vest in accordance with their existing vesting schedules through the Termination Date.
The Consulting Agreement also contains customary confidentiality and work product/intellectual property assignment provisions.
The foregoing description of the Consulting Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Consulting Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 8.01 Other Events.
On October 19, 2026, the Company issued a press release announcing that, as previously disclosed, Eric Stober has joined the Company as Chief Financial Officer, Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer and that, with the Company consolidating the functions of finance, accounting, investor relations, and communications under Mr. Stober, Chief Growth Officer Roland Austrup’s service to the Company will end on October 31, 2026.
A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.