---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001772695-24-000074"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001772695"
company_name: "Sunnova Energy International Inc."
filed_at: "2024-09-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T01:52:49.577433+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sunnova expands board to nine with two new independent directors

## Summary
- Board size increased from 7 to 9; Corbin J. Robertson III and Jeremy Thigpen elected effective Sept 23, 2024.
- Robertson is founder of CIII Capital and CEO of Western Pocahontas GP; Thigpen is CEO of Transocean Ltd.
- Each received a restricted stock unit grant of 11,571 shares vesting in one year, plus prorated cash retainers.
- Robertson appointed to Nominating, Governance & Sustainability Committee; Thigpen to Compensation & Human Capital Committee.
- Directors qualify as independent; no related-party transactions disclosed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001772695-24-000074
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001772695
- company_name: Sunnova Energy International Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-09-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1772695/000177269524000074/0001772695-24-000074-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1772695/000177269524000074/nova-20240925.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001772695-24-000074
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001772695-24-000074.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jeremy Thigpen was elected as Independent Class II Director at Sunnova Energy International Inc..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Independent Class II Director
  source text: and Mr. Jeremy Thigpen as an independent Class II director of the Company with a term expiring at the Company’s 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1772695/000177269524000074/0001772695-24-000074-index.htm
- Executive change
  Corbin J. Robertson, III was elected as Independent Class I Director at Sunnova Energy International Inc..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Independent Class I Director
  source text: the Board elected Mr. Corbin J. Robertson, III as an independent Class I director of the Company with a term expiring at the Company’s 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1772695/000177269524000074/0001772695-24-000074-index.htm

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