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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-097276"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001750153"
company_name: "Canoo Inc."
filed_at: "2023-08-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T01:22:01.701359+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Canoo appoints Greg Ethridge as CFO, replacing Ken Manget

## Summary
- Greg Ethridge, board member since 2020, named CFO effective Aug 28, 2023.
- Ken Manget no longer CFO effective Aug 26, 2023; Ethridge reports to CEO Tony Aquila.
- Ethridge will resign from board by Dec 31, 2023.
- Compensation: $490k base salary, target bonus 100% of base, RSU award of 1.5M shares.
- Ethridge has capital markets experience from Hennessy Capital and other firms.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-097276
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001750153
- company_name: Canoo Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-08-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1750153/000110465923097276/0001104659-23-097276-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1750153/000110465923097276/tm2325242d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-097276.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Greg Ethridge was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at Canoo Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On August 28, 2023, Canoo Inc. (the “ Company ”) announced the appointment of Greg Ethridge as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1750153/000110465923097276/0001104659-23-097276-index.htm
- Executive change
  Ken Manget departed as Chief Financial Officer at Canoo Inc..
  - Action: will no longer serve
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Effective August 26, 2023, Ken Manget, who served as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer since January 26, 2023, will no longer serve as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1750153/000110465923097276/0001104659-23-097276-index.htm

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