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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.
Effective June 30, 2025, Mr. Yasushi Nagasaki resigned as Chief Financial Officer of Emmaus Life Sciences, Inc. (“we,” “us,” “our,” “Emmaus” or the “company”) and indicated his plan to transition to full retirement.
Effective July 1, 2025, Ms. Hiroko Huynh was promoted to serve as our Chief Accounting Officer. Ms. Huynh has served as Controller of Emmaus since January 2020, and served as Senior Manager in the finance and accounting department from October 2018 to January 2020. Prior to joining Emmaus, she spent eight years as an accountant with Deloitte & Touche LLP, one of the nation’s “big four” public accounting firms.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
See the accompanying Index to Exhibits, which is incorporated herein by reference.
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SIGNATURES
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.
| Date: July 1, 2025 | Emmaus Life Sciences, Inc. | |
| By: | /s/ WILLIS LEE | |
| Willis Lee | ||
| Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | ||
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
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| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Date File (embedded within Inline XBRL document) |
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