---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000924168-22-000035"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EFOI"
cik: "0000924168"
company_name: "ENERGY FOCUS, INC/DE"
filed_at: "2022-04-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T02:59:19.878996+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Energy Focus CFO/COO Tod Nestor resigns, effective May 20, 2022

## Summary
- Tod A. Nestor resigns as COO and CFO; will remain through May 20, 2022.
- Separation includes $12,500 payment, up to 3 months medical benefits, and relocation assistance.
- Vested equity exercisable until May 31, 2023; non-compete and confidentiality agreements remain.
- No successor named; search for replacements underway.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000924168-22-000035
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EFOI
- cik: 0000924168
- company_name: ENERGY FOCUS, INC/DE
- filed_at: 2022-04-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/924168/000092416822000035/0000924168-22-000035-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/924168/000092416822000035/efoi-20220425.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000924168-22-000035
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000924168-22-000035.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000924168-22-000035.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Tod A. Nestor resigned as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at ENERGY FOCUS, INC/DE.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: received notice from Tod A. Nestor regarding his intention to resign as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/924168/000092416822000035/0000924168-22-000035-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.