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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-094829"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001865861"
company_name: "Cactus Acquisition Corp. 1 Ltd"
filed_at: "2024-04-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T23:35:07.513993+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cactus Acquisition Corp. 1 appoints Gary Challinor CEO and Stephen T. Wills CFO

## Summary
- Gary Challinor appointed CEO on April 11, 2024; also COO of VivoPower International PLC.
- Stephen T. Wills appointed CFO; previously served as CFO of Cactus from Nov 2021 to Feb 2024.
- VivoPower owns 100% of Tembo e-LV B.V., target of potential business combination with Cactus (heads of terms signed April 2).
- Both appointees bring over 30 years of senior executive experience across multiple industries.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-094829
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001865861
- company_name: Cactus Acquisition Corp. 1 Ltd
- filed_at: 2024-04-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1865861/000119312524094829/0001193125-24-094829-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1865861/000119312524094829/d827698d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-094829
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-094829.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-094829.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Stephen T. Wills was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at Cactus Acquisition Corp. 1 Ltd.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Stephen T. Wills was appointed to serve as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer on April 11, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1865861/000119312524094829/0001193125-24-094829-index.htm
- Executive change
  Gary Challinor was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at Cactus Acquisition Corp. 1 Ltd.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Gary Challinor was appointed to serve as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer on April 11, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1865861/000119312524094829/0001193125-24-094829-index.htm

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