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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-24-032972"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AQMS"
cik: "0001621832"
company_name: "Aqua Metals, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-11-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T06:57:14.308928+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Aqua Metals announces 1-for-20 reverse stock split effective Nov 5, 2024

## Summary
- Stockholders approved reverse split at special meeting Oct 28: 69.9M for, 6.4M against, 0.3M abstain.
- Board set ratio at 1-for-20; effective 12:01 AM ET Nov 5, 2024; trading begins split-adjusted same day.
- Shares outstanding to drop from ~137.6M to ~6.9M; no fractional shares, cash in lieu paid.
- Proportionate ownership unchanged; adjustments made to equity awards and warrants.
- Ticker remains AQMS on Nasdaq; reverse split intended to meet listing requirements.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-032972
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AQMS
- cik: 0001621832
- company_name: Aqua Metals, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-11-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1621832/000143774924032972/0001437749-24-032972-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1621832/000143774924032972/aqms20241030_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-24-032972.txt

## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  Aqua Metals, Inc.: Filed amendment to Certificate of Incorporation to effect a 1-for-20 reverse stock split (effective 2024-11-01).
  - Change: charter amendment
  - Effective: 2024-11-01
  source text: On November 1, 2024, Aqua Metals, Inc. (“Company”) filed with the Delaware Secretary of State an amendment (“Amendment”) to the Company’s First Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to effect a reverse split of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of its common stock on a one-for-twenty (1:20) basis.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1621832/000143774924032972/0001437749-24-032972-index.htm

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