---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-24-022194"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ATER"
cik: "0001757715"
company_name: "Aterian, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-07-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T23:32:15.602887+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Cynthia Williams to retire from Aterian board at 2024 annual meeting

## Summary
- Cynthia Williams notified Aterian board on July 1, 2024 of her decision not to stand for reelection.
- Williams will retire effective at the conclusion of the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
- Retirement is for personal reasons related to a new professional opportunity; no disagreement with the company.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-022194
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ATER
- cik: 0001757715
- company_name: Aterian, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-07-03T23:59:59+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/1757715/000143774924022194/0001437749-24-022194-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1757715/000143774924022194/ater20240702_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-24-022194
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-24-022194.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-24-022194.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: fd72e64795
  claim: Cynthia Williams retired as Director at Aterian, Inc..
  evidence_excerpt: On July 1, 2024, Cynthia Williams notified the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Aterian Inc. (the “Company”) of her intent to not stand for reelection at the Company’s 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) and to retire from the Board effective as of the the conclusion of the Annual Meeting.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1757715/000143774924022194/0001437749-24-022194-index.htm

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