secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Aqua Metals, Inc. (AQMS)
CIK:        0001621832
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-08-11T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001437749-23-023315
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.35
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Aqua Metals amends employment agreements for four senior executives with new compensation terms
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- CEO Steve Cotton base salary $491,400; eligible for short-term bonus up to 100% and long-term up to 200% of base.
- CFO Judd Merrill base salary $360,500; short-term bonus up to 75%, long-term up to 125% of base.
- Chief Engineering Officer Benjamin Taecker base salary $273,000; bonuses up to 50%/100% of base.
- Chief Business Officer David McMurtry base salary $338,176; bonuses up to 50%/100% of base.
- Severance provisions range from 12 to 24 months of salary and benefits depending on role and change of control.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1621832/000143774923023315/0001437749-23-023315-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1621832/000143774923023315/aqms20230808_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-023315

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