EUDA Health Holdings Ltd 6-K, filed Feb 23, 2024
EUDA Health Holdings Ltd (EUDA)
About this 6-K
EUDA Health Holdings Ltd filed this 6-K on February 23, 2024.
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of February 2024
Commission File Number: 001-40678
EUDA Health Holdings Limited
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
1 Pemimpin Drive #12-07
One Pemimpin Singapore 576151
(Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: +65 6268 6821
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On February 19, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of EUDA Health Holdings Limited (“EUDA” and the “Company”) received a notice from one of its independent directors, Mr. Ajay Kumar Rajpal, to resign as a director, chair of the Company’s Audit Committee, a member of the Compensation Committee and Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, effective immediately. Mr. Rajpal’s resignation from the Company’s Board was not a result of any disagreement with management or any matter relating to the Company’s operations, policies or practices.
At the Board meeting on the same day, the Board appointed Mr. Kent Kwong Yeow Liew, an independent director, to fill the vacancy created by Mr. Rajpal’s resignation. Effective February 19, 2024, Mr. Liew was appointed to the Company’s Audit Committee and Compensation Committee and was appointed chairman of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee.
Mr. Eric Lew, current Chairman of the Board, is an independent director who meets Nasdaq’s financial sophistication requirements. He also meets the independence requirements of Rule 10A-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert” as such term is currently defined in Item 407(d)(5) of Regulation S-K. Effective February 19, 2024, Mr. Lew was appointed chairman of the Audit Committee, and Mr. Kong-Yew Wong, another independent director of the Company, was appointed chairman of the Compensation Committee.
As of the date of this Report, the Board comprises the following five (5) individuals:
| ● | Kelvin Chen, CEO and Executive Director | |
| ● | Alfred Lim, Executive Director | |
| ● | Eric Lew, Chairman of the Board, Independent Director | |
| ● | Kong-Yew Wong, Independent Director | |
| ● | Kent Kwong Yeow Liew, Independent Director |
As of the date of this Report, composition of the Board committees is as follows:
| ● | The Audit Committee consists of Eric Lew (Chairman), Kong-Yew Wong and Kent Kwong Yeow Liew. | |
| ● | The Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee consists of Kent Kwong Yeow Liew (Chairman), Eric Lew and Kong-Yew Wong. | |
| ● | The Compensation Committee consists of Kong-Yew Wong (Chairman), Eric Lew and Kent Kwong Yeow Liew. |
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.
| Dated: February 23, 2024 | ||
| EUDA Health Holdings Limited | ||
| By: | /s/ Wei Wen Kelvin Chen | |
| Name: | Wei Wen Kelvin Chen | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |