---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-277986"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WATT"
cik: "0001575793"
company_name: "Energous Corp"
filed_at: "2022-11-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-22T06:55:49.428240+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Kathleen Bayless resigns from Energous board and audit committee chair

## Summary
- Kathleen A. Bayless resigned as director, Audit Committee Chair, and Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee member, effective Nov 4, 2022.
- Resignation stated as not due to any disagreement with the company on operations, policies, or practices.
- No replacement for Bayless or new audit committee chair announced.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-277986
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WATT
- cik: 0001575793
- company_name: Energous Corp
- filed_at: 2022-11-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1575793/000119312522277986/0001193125-22-277986-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1575793/000119312522277986/d412896d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-277986
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-277986.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-277986.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kathleen A. Bayless resigned as Director at Energous Corp.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On November 4, 2022, Kathleen A. Bayless advised the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Energous Corporation (the “Company”) that she would resign as a director of the Board and from her roles as Chair of the Board’s Audit Committee and as a member of the Board’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, in each case effective on November 4, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1575793/000119312522277986/0001193125-22-277986-index.htm

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