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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-23-083568"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001558583"
company_name: "Arcimoto Inc"
filed_at: "2023-11-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-08T22:23:20.332195+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Arcimoto CFO Christina Cook resigns; CEO Christopher Dawson named interim CFO

## Summary
- CFO Christina J. Cook resigned effective October 31, 2023.
- CEO Christopher Dawson appointed interim CFO effective Nov 3, 2023, also assuming principal financial and accounting officer roles.
- Dawson has been CEO since April 2023 and a board member since August 2022.
- No new compensatory arrangements were entered into in connection with Dawson's appointment as interim CFO.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-23-083568
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001558583
- company_name: Arcimoto Inc
- filed_at: 2023-11-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1558583/000121390023083568/0001213900-23-083568-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1558583/000121390023083568/ea187556-8k_arcimoto.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-23-083568
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-23-083568.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Christina J. Cook resigned as Chief Financial Officer at Arcimoto Inc.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On October 31, 2023, Ms. Christina J. Cook, who has served as the Chief Financial Officer of Arcimoto, Inc. (the “Company”), notified the Company of her decision to resign from her position, effective October 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1558583/000121390023083568/0001213900-23-083568-index.htm
- Executive change
  Christopher Dawson was appointed as interim Chief Financial Officer at Arcimoto Inc.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: interim Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On November 3, 2023, the Company’s board of directors determined that upon Ms. Cook’s resignation, Mr. Christopher Dawson, the Company’s current Chief Executive Officer, will serve as the Company’s interim Chief Financial Officer and will assume the roles of principal financial officer and principal accounting officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1558583/000121390023083568/0001213900-23-083568-index.htm

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