---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-25-085154"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "XTIA"
cik: "0001529113"
company_name: "XTI Aerospace, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-09-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T07:56:21.312823+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# XTI Aerospace appoints Michael A. Tapp as COO; grants stock options to executives

## Summary
- Michael A. Tapp appointed COO effective Sept 1, 2025; base salary $600,000, eligible for quarterly bonuses up to 100% of salary.
- Initial stock option grants: CEO Scott Pomeroy 2,621,100 shares, COO Tapp 1,613,000 shares, all at $2.00 exercise price.
- Options vest: one-third immediately, remaining quarterly over two years; expire after ten years.
- Side letter requires company to move headquarters to Dallas-Fort Worth area by March 31, 2026 or face material breach.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-25-085154
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: XTIA
- cik: 0001529113
- company_name: XTI Aerospace, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-09-05T23:59:59+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/1529113/000121390025085154/0001213900-25-085154-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1529113/000121390025085154/ea0256230-8k_xtiaero.htm

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