---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-22-007673"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AQMS"
cik: "0001621832"
company_name: "Aqua Metals, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-03-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T13:34:53.561745+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director S. Shariq Yosufzai will not stand for reelection at 2022 annual meeting

## Summary
- Yosufzai informed Aqua Metals on March 24, 2022, of his decision not to seek reelection.
- His departure from the Board will be effective at the 2022 annual meeting of stockholders.
- No replacement director has been announced; Board size will decrease by one.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-22-007673
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AQMS
- cik: 0001621832
- company_name: Aqua Metals, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-03-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1621832/000143774922007673/0001437749-22-007673-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1621832/000143774922007673/aqms20220328_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-22-007673.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  S. Shariq Yosufzai departed as Director at Aqua Metals, Inc..
  - Action: did not intend to stand for reelection
  - Role: Director
  source text: On March 24, 2022, S. Shariq Yosufzai informed Aqua Metals, Inc. (“Company”) that he did not intend to stand for reelection to the Board of Directors (“Board”) of the Company at its 2022 annual meeting of stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1621832/000143774922007673/0001437749-22-007673-index.htm

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