---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001214659-25-000507"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NXUR"
cik: "0001722969"
company_name: "Nxu, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-01-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-28T03:37:52.191838+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Nxu appoints Erin Essenmacher to board, sets compensation tied to pending merger

## Summary
- Erin Essenmacher elected to Nxu board effective Jan 13, 2025, filling vacancy; appointed to Audit Committee.
- Director compensation: $20,000 cash for Q1 2025 through earlier of merger close or March 31, 2025.
- Then $25,000 per quarter stipend from April 1, 2025 to Jan 1, 2026 if director continues serving.
- Director Agreement ends at merger closing (with Verde Bioresins), 2025 annual meeting, or resignation/removal/death.
- Essenmacher deemed independent under Nasdaq rules; no reportable related-party transactions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001214659-25-000507
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NXUR
- cik: 0001722969
- company_name: Nxu, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-01-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722969/000121465925000507/0001214659-25-000507-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722969/000121465925000507/o1132538k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001214659-25-000507
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001214659-25-000507.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001214659-25-000507.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Erin Essenmacher was elected as Director at Nxu, Inc..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On January 13, 2025, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Nxu, Inc. (the “Company”) elected Erin Essenmacher to serve as a director on the Board, effective immediately, to fill the vacancy on the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1722969/000121465925000507/0001214659-25-000507-index.htm

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