secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ESS Tech, Inc. (GWH)
CIK:        0001819438
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-08-29T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-23-030822
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

ESS Tech appoints Harry Quarls as Chairman; Niggli stays as Founding Chairman
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- Board expanded from 7 to 8 directors; Quarls appointed as Chairman and Class II director.
- Michael Niggli steps down as Chairman but remains on board as Founding Chairman and on audit committee.
- Quarls receives initial RSU grant of $200K, vests 1/3 annually; supplemental option grant for 1.5x shares.
- Quarls eligible for annual RSU award of $300K after first annual meeting; plus $75K cash retainer annually.
- Quarls brings 40 years of energy experience from Global Infrastructure Partners and Booz & Company.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819438/000162828023030822/0001628280-23-030822-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819438/000162828023030822/wk-20230828.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-23-030822

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