NEONC TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS, INC. (NTHI): director Steven L. Giannotta, M.D. resigned

Events in this filing

Item 5.02 as filed

Item
5.02.
Departure
of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Departure
of Director
On
October 9, 2026, Steven L. Giannotta, M.D., a Class I director, notified NeOnc Technologies Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”)
of his resignation as a member of the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”), effective October 9, 2026. Dr. Giannotta’s
resignation was not the result of a disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to the Company’s operations, policies,
or practices.
Appointment
of Director
Effective
October 9, 2026, the Board appointed Ali Mohammad Ahmad Alabedin as a director of the Company. Mr. Alabedin will serve as a Class
I director until the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders in 2029.
From
August 2022, Mr. Alabedin has been Group Head of Islamic Banking with First Abu Dhabi Bank, Abu Dhabi, UAE. In this capacity, he oversees
strategic direction, governance, financial performance, regulatory compliance and business growth domestic and international markets
for the Group’s end-to-end Islamic Banking franchise. Mr. Alabedin previously held senior positions with Standard Chartered Bank,
Middle East and South Asia as Area Director-Financial Institutions, and Head of Distribution. He has directed institutional banking relationships
across multiple countries, managing banking and non-banking financial institutions and led all customer distribution channels across
the UAE retail bank network. Mr. Alabedin was Head of Personal Banking with Anz Banking Group where he also held several other senior
positions, including Head of Strategic Relations. Appointed by the chairman of Dubai Islamic Bank, in January 2005, Mr. Alabedin established
and was CEO of Dubai Islamic Financial Services, a new brokerage and capital markets company operating across Dubai and Abu Dhabi financial
markets. He served on the executive board of the company for 10 years. Mr. Alabedin holds a Master of International Business (MIB) from
the University of Wollongong, Australia, and completed the Aspiring Directors Programme at INSEAD.
There
is no arrangement or understanding between Mr. Alabedin and any other person pursuant to which he was selected as director, and there
are no family relationships between him and any director, executive officer or person nominated or chosen by the Company to become an
executive officer.
The
Board has not appointed Mr. Alabedin to any committees.