---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-26-030324"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EVTV"
cik: "0001563568"
company_name: "Envirotech Vehicles, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-09-14T20:21:31+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-09-14T20:22:08.124361+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Azio AI appoints Larry G. Paige II as independent Class III director

## Summary
- Paige appointed effective Sept 8, 2026, filling Class III vacancy; term to 2026 annual meeting.
- Also named to Audit and Compensation Committees; chairs Nominating and Corporate Governance.
- Board determined Paige independent under SEC and Nasdaq listing rules; no family/transaction ties.
- Paige will receive prorated 2026 non-employee director cash retainer per company policy.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-26-030324
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EVTV
- cik: 0001563568
- company_name: Envirotech Vehicles, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-09-14T20:21:31+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/1563568/000143774926030324/0001437749-26-030324-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1563568/000143774926030324/adom20260914_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-030324.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Larry G. Paige II was appointed as Class III director at Envirotech Vehicles, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class III director
  source text: Effective as of September 8, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Azio AI Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), appointed Larry G. Paige II as a Class III director to the Board, with a term expiring at the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders in 2026, subject to his earlier death, resignation, removal or disqualification.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1563568/000143774926030324/0001437749-26-030324-index.htm

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