---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-009452"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BETA"
cik: "0001784570"
company_name: "BETA Technologies, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-02-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T01:47:31.123862+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Dean Kamen resigns from BETA Technologies board effective Jan 18, 2026

## Summary
- Dean Kamen stepped down as director and Compensation Committee member to avoid potential distractions.
- Resignation concluded a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee review; no law violations found.
- Kamen cooperated fully; his departure is not related to any disagreement with the Company's operations.
- No replacement for Kamen on the Board has been announced as of the filing date.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-009452
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BETA
- cik: 0001784570
- company_name: BETA Technologies, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-02-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1784570/000162828026009452/0001628280-26-009452-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1784570/000162828026009452/bta-20260218.htm

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