{"url_path":"/sec/atai/8-k/2026-09-11/item-5-02","section_key":"item-5-02","section_title":"Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-09-11","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2081043/0001140361-26-036283-index.html","accession_number":"0001140361-26-036283","cik":"0002081043","ticker":"ATAI","issuer_name":"AtaiBeckley Inc.","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2081043/0001140361-26-036283-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0002081043","primary_entity_name":"AtaiBeckley Inc."},"word_count":306,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain\nOfficers.\n\nThe information set forth in the Introductory Note and under Item 2.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.02.\n\nIn accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time, each of the members of the Company’s Board of Directors, each of whom was a director of\nthe Company as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, resigned and ceased to be a director of the Company and a member of any committee of the Company’s Board of Directors. In accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement, at the Effective\nTime, Christopher Anderson and Jonathan R. Haug, the directors of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time, became directors of the Company.\n\nIn accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time, each of the executive officers of the Company resigned from their positions as officers of\nthe Company. In accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time, the officers of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time, Jonathan R. Haug as President, Steffanie Lim-Ho as Treasurer, Christopher Anderson as\nSecretary, Jonathan Groff as Assistant Secretary, Jamie Burnett as Assistant Secretary and Katie Lodato as Assistant Treasurer, became the officers of the Company.\n\nOn September 10, 2026, the Board of Directors of the Company approved the grant of a retention bonus to Gerd Kochendoerfer in the amount of $194,000, less applicable deductions and withholdings.\nSubject to Mr. Kochendoerfer's continued employment with the Company through the Effective Time,  the retention bonus will be paid to him on the first regularly scheduled payroll date following the Closing Date that is at least 10 days after the\nClosing Date."}