secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Aqua Metals, Inc. (AQMS)
CIK:        0001621832
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-08-13T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001437749-21-019876
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Aqua Metals appoints Benjamin Taecker as Chief Engineering and Operating Officer
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- Appointed Benjamin Taecker as CE&OO effective August 10, 2021; he has been with Aqua since January 2017.
- Base salary of $250,000 per year with short-term incentive bonus up to 50% and long-term up to 100% of base.
- Severance of 150% of annual salary plus target bonus upon termination without cause or for good reason post-change-in-control.
- Taecker has 20 years experience in manufacturing leadership, previously at Clarios (Johnson Controls) lead-acid battery recycling.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1621832/000143774921019876/0001437749-21-019876-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1621832/000143774921019876/aqms20210813_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-21-019876

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