Arcturus Founder Reinstated As CEO As Settlement Ends Four-Month Feud With Former Board

The unexpected firing of Arcturus CEO Joseph Payne kicked off a bitter public battle for control of the RNA therapeutics firm after a reverse merger with Alcobra in November. The dispute now settled, the new board has reinstated Payne at Arcturus' helm.

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The four board members who voted Arcturus Therapeutics Inc. founder Joseph Payne out of the RNA drug development firm at the end of January have been replaced under a settlement between the executive and the company announced May 29. And now, as of May 31, Payne has been reinstated as president and CEO, four months after he was unexpectedly fired.

Payne, who is Arcturus' largest shareholder with a 13.7% stake in the San Diego-based company, has demanded since the beginning of February that its board of directors call an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) of shareholders to vote on the replacement of four board members with four nominees of his own

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