Form 8-K - Current report

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest reported): February 16, 2024

Novo Integrated Sciences, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Nevada		001-40089		59-3691650
(State or other jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification Number)

11120 NE 2nd Street, Suite 100, Bellevue, WA 98004

(Address of principal executive offices)

(206) 617-9797

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2.)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Each Class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of Each Exchange on which Registered
Common Stock		NVOS		Nasdaq Capital Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Departure of Christopher David as President.

On February 15, 2023, Christopher David, the Company’s President, Chief Operating Officer and member of the Board of Directors of Novo Integrated Sciences, Inc. (“Novo” and, the “Company”) informed the Company of his decision to voluntarily resign from his position as the Company’s President effective as of February 15, 2024. Mr. David did not resign as a result of any disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to the Company’s operations, policies or practices.

Mr. David will continue in his positions of Chief Operating Officer and member of the Board of Directors.

Appointment of Robert Oliva as President.

Pursuant to Mr. David’s departure as President, the Board of Directors of the Company appointed Robert Oliva as President, effective February 15, 2023. Mr. Oliva previously served the Company between January 26, 2021 and June 30, 2022 in the role of Director. During his time as Director, Mr. Oliva has also served the Company as a member of the Compensation Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees. On June 30, 2022, Mr. Oliva resigned from the Board of Directors.

Mr. Oliva is not currently party to an employment agreement with the Company, nor is there any current compensation arrangement, however Mr. Oliva and the Company plan to enter into an Employment Agreement.

Robert “Rob” Oliva, 60, is the owner of Toronto based Venture Metal Works, a leading mid-market enterprise which specializes in architectural and structural steel design, fabrication and manufacturing for the construction industry throughout Canada. Prior to founding Venture Metal Works in 2011, for 28 years Mr. Oliva worked for, and ultimately became the owner of, Tor Steel Company Limited, which provided architectural and structural steel products for the Canadian based construction industry. For over 40 years, Mr. Oliva has developed proven expertise in delivering system and operational efficiency while managing aggressive, yet sustainable growth. As a successful business owner, he brings the Company a wealth of knowledge in areas related to implementing efficient operational strategy, developing system processes, supply-chain management, and sales. Mr. Oliva’s proven business development success provides the Company with the ability to determine the optimal balance of both present activity and future vision and its direct impact on the Company’s strategic direction and priorities.

There are no family relationships between Mr. Oliva and any director or executive officer of the Company, and he has no direct or indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

On February 16, 2024, the Company issued a press release announcing the departure of Mr. David in the role of President, and the subsequent appointment of Mr. Oliva as President. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

The information included in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing. The information set forth under this Item 7.01 shall not be deemed an admission as to the materiality of any information in this Current Report on Form 8-K that is required to be disclosed solely to satisfy the requirements of Regulation FD.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press release issued by the registrant on February 16, 2024.
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

SIGNATURE

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.

	Novo Integrated Sciences, Inc.

Dated: February 16, 2024	By:	/s/ Robert Mattacchione
		Robert Mattacchione
		Chief Executive Officer

Exhibit 99.1

Novo Integrated Sciences Appoints New President

BELLEVUE, Wash., February 16, 2024 - Novo Integrated Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: NVOS) (the “Company” or “Novo”) announces today Mr. Robert Oliva has been appointed as the Company’s new President. Mr. Oliva succeeds Mr. Christopher David, who remains as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer and as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors.

Mr. Oliva has over 35 years of ownership and proven business development with expertise in manufacturing related operations. Mr. Oliva is expected to advance the Company’s product-related operational efficiency while managing aggressive, yet sustainable growth and improving margins.

Robert Mattacchione, the Company’s CEO and Board Chairman, stated, “The addition of Mr. Oliva comes at a time when the Company is focusing significant energy and resources in ramping up our manufacturing and product offerings. His years of building a manufacturing business, from the ground up, into a significant, profitable enterprise will be an enormous asset in providing oversight and guidance to the Company’s leadership team. Rob’s proven success coupled with the Company’s expected near-term capital injection will allow our product-based business unit to experience accelerated growth. We are extremely fortunate to have Mr. Oliva join the Novo family and look forward to the indubitably noteworthy impact his addition will have on our Company.”

About Novo Integrated Sciences, Inc.

Novo Integrated Sciences, Inc. is pioneering a holistic approach to patient-first health and wellness through a multidisciplinary healthcare ecosystem of services and product innovation. Novo offers an essential and differentiated solution to deliver, or intend to deliver, these services and products through the integration of medical technology, advanced therapeutics, and rehabilitative science.

We believe that “decentralizing” healthcare, through the integration of medical technology and interconnectivity is an essential solution to the rapidly evolving fundamental transformation of how non-catastrophic healthcare is delivered both now and in the future. Specific to non-critical care, ongoing advancements in both medical technology and inter-connectivity are allowing for a shift of the patient/practitioner relationship to the patient’s home and away from on-site visits to primary medical centers with mass-services. This acceleration of “ease-of-access” in the patient/practitioner interaction for non-critical care diagnosis and subsequent treatment minimizes the degradation of non-critical health conditions to critical conditions as well as allowing for more cost-effective healthcare distribution.

The Company’s decentralized healthcare business model is centered on three primary pillars to best support the transformation of non-catastrophic healthcare delivery to patients and consumers:

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First Pillar: Service Networks. Deliver multidisciplinary primary care services through (i) an affiliate network of clinic facilities, (ii) small and micro footprint sized clinic facilities primarily located within the footprint of box-store commercial enterprises, (iii) clinic facilities operated through a franchise relationship with the Company, and (iv) corporate operated clinic facilities.

11120 NE 2^nd Street, Suite 100Bellevue, WA98004USA

Phone: (206) 617-9797

www.novointegrated.com

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	●	Second Pillar: Technology. Develop, deploy, and integrate sophisticated interconnected technology, interfacing the patient to the healthcare practitioner thus expanding the reach and availability of the Company’s services, beyond the traditional clinic location, to geographic areas not readily providing advanced, peripheral based healthcare services, including the patient’s home.

	●	Third Pillar: Products. Develop and distribute effective, personalized health and wellness product solutions allowing for the customization of patient preventative care remedies and ultimately a healthier population. The Company’s science-first approach to product innovation further emphasizes our mandate to create and provide over-the-counter preventative and maintenance care solutions.

Innovation through science combined with the integration of sophisticated, secure technology assures Novo Integrated Sciences of continued cutting-edge advancement in patient-first platforms.

For more information concerning Novo Integrated Sciences, please visit www.novointegrated.com.

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Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements other than statements of historical facts included in this press release are forward-looking statements. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by words such as “believe,” “intend,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “plan,” “potential,” “continue,” or similar expressions. Such forward-looking statements include risks and uncertainties, and there are important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These factors, risks, and uncertainties are discussed in Novo’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Investors should not place any undue reliance on forward-looking statements since they involve known and unknown uncertainties and other factors which are, in some cases, beyond Novo’s control which could, and likely will, materially affect actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. Any forward-looking statement reflects Novo’s current views with respect to future events and is subject to these and other risks, uncertainties and assumptions relating to operations, results of operations, growth strategy and liquidity. Novo assumes no obligation to publicly update or revise these forward-looking statements for any reason, or to update the reasons actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements, even if new information becomes available in the future. The contents of any website referenced in this press release are not incorporated by reference herein.

Chris David, COO & President
Novo Integrated Sciences, Inc.
chris.david@novointegrated.com
(888) 512-1195

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