---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-085635"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FTCI"
cik: "0001828161"
company_name: "FTC Solar, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-07-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T18:10:27.612628+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# FTC Solar appoints Yann Brandt as President and CEO, effective August 19, 2024

## Summary
- Mr. Brandt, former FlexGen CCO and CFO, brings 18+ years solar and energy storage experience.
- Employment agreement: $650,000 base salary, 100% target bonus, $825,000 upfront sign-on plus three $275,000 incremental payments.
- Equity inducement: 4,000,000 time-based RSUs (25% immediate vest) and 2,500,000 performance RSUs tied to $5/$8/$10 stock price hurdles.
- CEO appointment follows a robust, competitive search; Brandt also joins the Board of Directors.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-085635
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FTCI
- cik: 0001828161
- company_name: FTC Solar, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-07-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1828161/000095017024085635/0000950170-24-085635-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1828161/000095017024085635/ftci-20240723.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-085635.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Yann Brandt was appointed as President, Chief Executive Officer at FTC Solar, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President, Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On July 23, 2024, FTC Solar, Inc. (the “ Company ”) announced that its Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) has appointed Yann Brandt as the Company’s President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board, all effective as of August 19, 2024 (the “ Effective Date ”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1828161/000095017024085635/0000950170-24-085635-index.htm

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