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accession: "0001731289-24-000036"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001731289"
company_name: "Nikola Corp"
filed_at: "2024-02-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T22:12:08.217462+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Nikola appoints CEO Stephen Girsky as Acting CFO effective Feb 14, 2024

## Summary
- President and CEO Stephen Girsky, 61, appointed Acting CFO, Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer.
- Girsky has served as CEO since August 2023 and board member since January 2018.
- He will not receive additional compensation for interim CFO role; no change to existing employment agreement.
- No family relationships or direct/indirect material interests in any reportable transaction.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001731289-24-000036
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001731289
- company_name: Nikola Corp
- filed_at: 2024-02-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1731289/000173128924000036/0001731289-24-000036-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1731289/000173128924000036/nkla-20240214.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001731289-24-000036
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001731289-24-000036.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001731289-24-000036.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Stephen J. Girsky was appointed as Acting Chief Financial Officer at Nikola Corp.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Acting Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On February 14, 2024, the board of directors (the “Board”) of Nikola Corporation (the “Company”) appointed Stephen J. Girsky, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, as the Company’s Acting Chief Financial Officer, Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1731289/000173128924000036/0001731289-24-000036-index.htm

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