---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-24-011631"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AQMS"
cik: "0001621832"
company_name: "Aqua Metals, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-04-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T00:25:09.279158+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Sung Yi not standing for reelection to Aqua Metals board in May 2024

## Summary
- Sung Yi, Ph.D., informed Aqua Metals board on April 4, 2024, he will not stand for reelection at the 2024 annual meeting.
- Yi's departure is not related to any disagreement with the company's operations, policies, or practices.
- Yi will continue serving as a director until his term ends upon the conclusion of the May 2024 annual meeting.
- Company ticker: AQMS (Nasdaq).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-011631
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AQMS
- cik: 0001621832
- company_name: Aqua Metals, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-04-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1621832/000143774924011631/0001437749-24-011631-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1621832/000143774924011631/aqms20240408_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-24-011631.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Sung Yi departed as Director at Aqua Metals, Inc..
  - Action: not stand for reelection
  - Role: Director
  source text: On April 4, 2024, Sung Yi, Ph.D. advised the Board of Directors (“Board”) of Aqua Metals, Inc. (“Company”) of his decision not to stand for reelection to the Board at the Company’s 2024 annual meeting of stockholders, to be held in May 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1621832/000143774924011631/0001437749-24-011631-index.htm

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