{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001140361-23-049950","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"CENN","cik":"0001707919","company_name":"Cenntro Inc.","filed_at":"2023-10-27T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:03:30.122632+00:00","generated_at":"2026-06-09T07:07:10.828252+00:00","sec_items":["5.02","9.01"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.4,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.4,"confidence":"high","headline":"Cenntro director Christopher Thorne resigns; Benjamin B. Ge appointed audit committee chair","bullets":["Christopher Thorne resigned as Class I director and audit committee chair effective Oct 23, 2023; no dispute with company.","Board appointed Benjamin B. Ge (Class III director) as audit committee chair effective Oct 26, 2023.","Ge's annual compensation increased to $60,000 for serving as audit committee chair, effective upon appointment.","Thorne cited limited availability due to prior familial commitments as reason for resignation."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-23-049950","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-23-049950.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-23-049950.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-23-049950.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1707919/000114036123049950/0001140361-23-049950-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1707919/000114036123049950/ef20013539_8k.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-06-09T07:07:10.828252+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"5e53ccba42","claim":"Christopher Thorne resigned as Class I Director and Audit Committee Chair at Cenntro Inc..","evidence_excerpt":"On October 22, 2023, Mr. Christopher Thorne, a class I director of Cenntro Electric Group Limited ACN 619 054 938 (the “Company”), notified the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”) of his intention to resign as a director and as chair of the audit committee of the Company and as a member of the nominating and compensation committees of the Company , effective on October 23, 2023.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1707919/000114036123049950/0001140361-23-049950-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"resigned"},{"label":"Role","value":"Class I Director and Audit Committee Chair"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"},{"claim_id":"c85854b566","claim":"Benjamin B. Ge was appointed as Audit Committee Chair at Cenntro Inc..","evidence_excerpt":"On October 26, 2023, due to Mr. Thorne’s resignation and at the recommendation of the compensation committee of the Board, the Board appointed Mr. Benjamin B. Ge, a class III director of the Company as chairman to the audit committee of the Board.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1707919/000114036123049950/0001140361-23-049950-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"appointed"},{"label":"Role","value":"Audit Committee Chair"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}