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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-24-010044"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001848898"
company_name: "African Agriculture Holdings Inc."
filed_at: "2024-02-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T09:20:42.347229+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# African Agriculture Holdings appoints Michael Rhodes as CEO; Kessler becomes Chairman and CSO

## Summary
- Michael Rhodes appointed CEO and Secretary effective January 30, 2024.
- Alan Kessler moved from CEO to Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer.
- Rhodes receives base salary of $240,000, annual bonus at board discretion, and 1,500,000 RSUs with vesting conditions.
- Rhodes managed over 16,000 hectares of farmland in 8+ East/West African nations and raised $1.5B in financing.
- Rhodes brings 40+ years of commercial alfalfa farming experience, starting on family farm in Utah.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-24-010044
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001848898
- company_name: African Agriculture Holdings Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-02-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1848898/000121390024010044/0001213900-24-010044-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1848898/000121390024010044/ea192790-8k_africanagri.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-24-010044
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-24-010044.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-24-010044.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michael Rhodes was appointed as Chief Executive Officer and Secretary at African Agriculture Holdings Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer and Secretary
  source text: Michael Rhodes has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer and Secretary of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1848898/000121390024010044/0001213900-24-010044-index.htm
- Executive change
  Alan Kessler changed role as Chief Strategic Officer at African Agriculture Holdings Inc..
  - Action: transferred
  - Role: Chief Strategic Officer
  source text: Alan Kessler transferred his role from Chief Executive Officer of the Company to Chief Strategic Officer, effective as of the Transition Date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1848898/000121390024010044/0001213900-24-010044-index.htm

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