---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-166572"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SHLS"
cik: "0001831651"
company_name: "Shoals Technologies Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-06-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T01:32:21.353721+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Shoals Technologies appoints Brandon Moss as CEO; interim CEO Tolnar returns to President

## Summary
- Brandon Moss, former President at Southwire ($8B revenue), appointed CEO effective July 17, 2023.
- Compensation includes $725K base salary, 100% target bonus, and equity awards valued at $4.4M.
- Equity: $3.3M in time-based RSUs/performance RSUs (3yr vesting) and $1.1M make-whole RSUs (1yr vest).
- Jeff Tolnar, interim CEO since March 2023, steps down and continues as President.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-166572
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SHLS
- cik: 0001831651
- company_name: Shoals Technologies Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-06-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1831651/000119312523166572/0001193125-23-166572-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1831651/000119312523166572/d522724d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-166572
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-166572.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-166572.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Brandon Moss was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at Shoals Technologies Group, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On June 14, 2023, Shoals Technologies Group, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that it has appointed Brandon Moss as Chief Executive Officer of the Company, effective as of July 17, 2023 (the “Effective Date”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1831651/000119312523166572/0001193125-23-166572-index.htm

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