---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-25-002740"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MNTS"
cik: "0001781162"
company_name: "Momentus Inc."
filed_at: "2025-01-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T04:46:28.237567+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Momentus Chief Legal Officer Paul Ney resigns to join Trump administration

## Summary
- Paul Ney resigned as Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary effective Jan 28, 2025.
- Ney will serve as Deputy Counsel to the President for National Security Affairs and NSC Legal Advisor.
- Ney joined Momentus in 2021 after serving as General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Defense.
- CEO John Rood thanked Ney for his role in CFIUS NSA and public company transition.
- Successor to be announced at a later date.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-25-002740
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MNTS
- cik: 0001781162
- company_name: Momentus Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-01-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1781162/000114036125002740/0001140361-25-002740-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1781162/000114036125002740/ef20042658_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-25-002740
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-25-002740.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-25-002740.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Paul Ney resigned as Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary at Momentus Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary
  source text: On January 27, 2025, Paul Ney, the Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary of Momentus Inc. (the “Company”), tendered his resignation from the Company, effective as of January 28, 2025, to join the Trump Administration and serve as the Deputy Counsel to the President for National Security Affairs and National Security Council Legal Advisor.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1781162/000114036125002740/0001140361-25-002740-index.htm

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