Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Directors; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On February 14, 2023, the board of directors of Northern Star Investment Corp.
II (the "Company") appointed Brett Cyrgalis as a Class A director of the Company
and Howard Yeaton as a Class B director of the Company. Each of Messrs. Cyrgalis
and Yeaton will serve on the audit committee, compensation committee and
nominating committee of the Company.
Brett Cyrgalis has extensive experience in editorial and business operations and
specializes in media, public relations and marketing. Mr. Cyrgalis spent 15
years at the New York Post, first on the editorial desk from 2006 until 2012,
then as a beat writer and columnist from 2012 until 2020. During his time at the
New York Post, he covered everything from the NHL Stanley Cup final to U.S.
Opens in golf and tennis. In May 2020, Simon & Schuster published Mr. Cyrgalis'
best-selling book, Golf's Holy War: The Battle for the Soul of a Game in an Age
of Science. Mr. Cyrgalis' work has been featured in the New York Times, Golf
Digest, and The Golfer's Journal, among other publications, and he currently
contributes a column and features for The Met Golfer, the official magazine of
the Metropolitan Golf Association. Since leaving the New York Post, Mr. Cyrgalis
has been providing consulting services to a variety of businesses and
entrepreneurs. Mr. Cyrgalis helped launch a golf-course publication when he was
16 years old and has been a long-time member of the Metropolitan Golf Writers
Association.
Howard Yeaton has served as Interim Chief Financial Officer of Bark Inc. (NYSE:
BARK) since November 2021. Mr. Yeaton has served as the managing principal of
Financial Consulting Strategies, LLC, a financial consulting firm, since 2003.
From October 2018 to December 2019, Mr. Yeaton served as Chief Executive Officer
of Akers Biosciences, Inc., a biotechnology company, now merged with MyMD
Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:MYMD) from October 2018 to August 2020, he also
served as Interim Chief Financial Officer of Akers Biosciences, Inc. From
October 2014 to November 2019, Mr. Yeaton served as Interim Chief Financial
Officer of Propel Media, Inc (OTCMKTS: PROM).
The Company expects to enter into a standard form of indemnification agreement
with each of Messrs. Cyrgalis and Yeaton. Messrs. Cyrgalis and Yeaton have not
engaged in any transactions with the Company that are required to be reported
pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
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