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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On February 18, 2025, the Board of Pineapple Financial Inc. (the “Company”) received by email a resignation letter from Nima Besharat, a director of the Company, pursuant to which Mr. Besharat resigned as director of the Company, effective immediately.
The Company respectfully disagrees with the substance of and the assertions and characterizations that are contained in the Resignation Letter. A copy of the Resignation Letter and the Company’s response are attached as Exhibit 17.1 and Exhibit 17.2, respectively, to this Current Report and is incorporated herein by this reference.
The Company has provided Mr. Besharat with a copy of the disclosures in this Form 8-K and the opportunity to furnish the Company with a letter addressed to the Company stating whether he agrees with the statements made by the Company in response to this Item 5.02 and if not, stating the respects in which he does not agree. Upon the receipt of any such letter from Mr. Besharat, the Company will file any such letter as an exhibit to an amendment to this Form 8-K, no later than two business days after it is received.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 17.1 | Resignation Letter from Nima Besharat | |
| 17.2 | Company’s response to the Resignation Letter from Nima Besharat | |
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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.
| PINEAPPLE FINANCIAL INC. | ||
| Dated: February 25, 2025 | ||
| By: | /s/ Shubha Dasgupta | |
| Name: | Shubha Dasgupta | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |