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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001421517-24-000144"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ERII"
cik: "0001421517"
company_name: "Energy Recovery, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-07-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T20:40:39.803096+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Energy Recovery appoints Brandon Young as interim Chief Accounting Officer

## Summary
- Brandon Young, 51, appointed interim CAO effective July 10, 2024.
- Young previously served as VP, Corporate Controller since May 2022.
- Granted restricted stock units valued at $20,000 in connection with appointment.
- Young joined Energy Recovery in 2012; prior experience at McKesson and E&Y.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001421517-24-000144
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ERII
- cik: 0001421517
- company_name: Energy Recovery, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-07-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1421517/000142151724000144/0001421517-24-000144-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1421517/000142151724000144/erii-20240710.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001421517-24-000144
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001421517-24-000144.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001421517-24-000144.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 52d872c5b0
  claim: Brandon Young was appointed as Chief Accounting Officer at Energy Recovery, Inc..
  evidence_excerpt: On July 10, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Energy Recovery, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Mr. Brandon Young, age 51, as the Company’s interim Chief Accounting Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1421517/000142151724000144/0001421517-24-000144-index.htm

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