---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-138362"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CPTKW"
cik: "0001827899"
company_name: "Crown PropTech Acquisitions"
filed_at: "2023-05-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T14:13:48.945325+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Crown PropTech elects Chris Rogers to Board; Frits van Paasschen resigns

## Summary
- Chris Rogers elected to Board effective May 8, 2023, appointed chair of Audit Committee and member of Nominating/Governance and Compensation Committees.
- Frits van Paasschen voluntarily resigned from Board on May 8, 2023; no disagreement with company operations cited.
- Rogers is independent under NYSE and SEC rules, has over 30 years experience including co-founding Nextel Communications.
- Rogers entered into standard Indemnity Agreement and joined existing Letter Agreement dated January 17, 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-138362
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CPTKW
- cik: 0001827899
- company_name: Crown PropTech Acquisitions
- filed_at: 2023-05-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1827899/000119312523138362/0001193125-23-138362-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1827899/000119312523138362/d411723d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-138362
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-138362.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-138362.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Chris Rogers was elected as Member of the Board at Crown PropTech Acquisitions.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Member of the Board
  source text: On May 8, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Crown PropTech Acquisitions (the “Company”) elected Chris Rogers, age 64, as a member of the Board, chair of the audit committee of the Board (the “Audit Committee”), a member of the nominating and corporate governance committee of the Board (the “Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee”), and a member of the compensation committee of the Board (the “Compensation Committee”), effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1827899/000119312523138362/0001193125-23-138362-index.htm
- Executive change
  Frits van Paasschen resigned as Member of the Board at Crown PropTech Acquisitions.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Member of the Board
  source text: On May 5, 2023, Frits van Paasschen, a member of the Board and chair of the Audit Committee, chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, and a member of the Compensation Committee, notified the Board of his resignation from the Board, effective upon the acceptance by the Board, which the Board accepted on May 8, 2023, following Mr. Rogers’ appointment.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1827899/000119312523138362/0001193125-23-138362-index.htm

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