---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-21-017892"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ABAT"
cik: "0001576873"
company_name: "AMERICAN BATTERY TECHNOLOGY Co"
filed_at: "2021-07-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T01:38:36.752328+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Appoints Andres Meza as Chief Operating Officer effective July 26, 2021

## Summary
- Andres Meza appointed COO effective July 26, 2021; annual salary $225,000 plus equity.
- Meza brings experience from Apple, McKinsey, Transom Capital; chemical engineering background and Harvard MBA.
- Employment agreement includes milestone-based bonus cash and equity compensation subject to vesting.
- Relocation allowance up to $10,000 to move from Los Angeles to Reno, NV.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-21-017892
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ABAT
- cik: 0001576873
- company_name: AMERICAN BATTERY TECHNOLOGY Co
- filed_at: 2021-07-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1576873/000149315221017892/0001493152-21-017892-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1576873/000149315221017892/form8-k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-21-017892.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Andres Meza was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at AMERICAN BATTERY TECHNOLOGY Co.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On July 26, 2021, the Board of Directors of American Battery Metals Corporation (the “Company”) appointed Andres Meza as Chief Operating Officer of the Company (the “COO Appointment”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1576873/000149315221017892/0001493152-21-017892-index.htm

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