---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-25-002942"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AMPG"
cik: "0001518461"
company_name: "AmpliTech Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-01-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T22:04:43.846664+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AmpliTech director Kappers resigns; Shailesh Modi appointed to board

## Summary
- Matthew Kappers resigned as director on Jan 17, 2025, for personal reasons.
- Shailesh 'Sonny' Modi appointed to fill vacancy, effective Jan 17, 2025.
- Modi will chair Nominating and Governance Committee and serve on Audit and Compensation.
- Director Agreement provides 15,000 RSUs annually for Modi plus expense reimbursement.
- Modi is CFO of ShelterPoint Life Insurance, led its 2024 sale to Protective Life.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-25-002942
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AMPG
- cik: 0001518461
- company_name: AmpliTech Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-01-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1518461/000149315225002942/0001493152-25-002942-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1518461/000149315225002942/form8-k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-25-002942.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Shailesh 'Sonny' Modi was appointed as Director at AmpliTech Group, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On January 17, 2025, the Board appointed Mr. Shailesh “Sonny” Modi as a director of the Board of Directors of the Company to fill the vacancy resulting from Mr. Kappers’ resignation.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1518461/000149315225002942/0001493152-25-002942-index.htm
- Executive change
  Matthew Kappers resigned as Director at AmpliTech Group, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On January 17, 2025, Mr. Matthew Kappers resigned as a director of the Company, including his positions as the chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, and as a member of the Audit Committee and the Compensation Committee, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1518461/000149315225002942/0001493152-25-002942-index.htm

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