---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-22-019404"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SPRU"
cik: "0001772720"
company_name: "SPRUCE POWER HOLDING CORP"
filed_at: "2022-04-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T08:00:40.480645+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# XL Fleet Appoints Donald Klein as Chief Financial Officer effective April 11, 2022

## Summary
- Donald Klein appointed CFO of XL Fleet effective April 11, 2022.
- Klein previously served as CFO of Power Solutions International Inc. and has over 25 years of public company finance experience.
- Employment terms: $375,000 base salary, target cash bonus of 50% of base, and $700,000 in RSUs vesting over 4 years.
- Klein replaces Chris Goldner, who served as interim CFO since February 2022.
- He is a CPA and holds a BBA in Accounting from University of Wisconsin.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-22-019404
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SPRU
- cik: 0001772720
- company_name: SPRUCE POWER HOLDING CORP
- filed_at: 2022-04-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1772720/000121390022019404/0001213900-22-019404-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1772720/000121390022019404/ea158342-8k_xlfleetcorp.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-22-019404
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-22-019404.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-22-019404.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Donald P. Klein was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at SPRUCE POWER HOLDING CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On April 12, 2022, XL Fleet Corp. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the appointment of Donald P. Klein as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer effective as of April 11, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1772720/000121390022019404/0001213900-22-019404-index.htm

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