---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-105061"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001720990"
company_name: "Fisker Inc./DE"
filed_at: "2024-04-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T14:12:17.013060+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Fisker enters forbearance on $180.5M notes, appoints CRO amid default

## Summary
- Forbearance with noteholder CVI Investments until May 1, 2024; extends prior forbearance that expired April 21.
- $180.55M outstanding principal on 0% senior convertible notes; defaults include trading suspension, missed installment payments.
- Michael Healy (FTI Consulting) appointed CRO; replaced by John DiDonato if noteholder doesn't accept offer by April 25.
- Company restricted to operating under approved budget; director Mark Hickson resigned April 16.
- Forbearance Default triggers include any new Event of Default, bankruptcy filing, or failure to meet information requests by April 26.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-105061
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001720990
- company_name: Fisker Inc./DE
- filed_at: 2024-04-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1720990/000119312524105061/0001193125-24-105061-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1720990/000119312524105061/d820534d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-105061
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-105061.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-105061.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michael Healy was appointed as Chief Restructuring Officer at Fisker Inc./DE.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Restructuring Officer
  source text: On April 21, 2024, the Board appointed Michael Healy as Chief Restructuring Officer of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1720990/000119312524105061/0001193125-24-105061-index.htm
- Executive change
  Mark E. Hickson resigned as Director at Fisker Inc./DE.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On April 16, 2024, Mark E. Hickson resigned from the Board and the Audit Committee of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1720990/000119312524105061/0001193125-24-105061-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  Fisker Inc./DE entered into Forbearance Agreement with the Investor (effective 2024-04-21).
  - Action: entry
  - Counterparty: the Investor
  - Effective: 2024-04-21
  source text: (the “Company”) entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (as amended, modified, and waived from time to time, the “Securities Purchase Agreement”) with an institutional investor (the “Investor”) pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell, and the Investor agreed to purchase, 0% senior convertible notes due 2025 (the “Series A-1 Notes”) in a registered direct offering.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1720990/000119312524105061/0001193125-24-105061-index.htm

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