---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001802749-23-000141"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001802749"
company_name: "Lightning eMotors, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-12-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T12:58:29.315049+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 1.0
calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lightning eMotors placed into receivership; shareholders to receive no distributions

## Summary
- Cupola Infrastructure Income Fund filed for receivership; company stipulated to appointment of Cordes & Company as receiver.
- Receiver will take possession of all assets, sell them, and distribute proceeds to creditors in court-approved manner.
- Shareholders will receive no distributions; NYSE to file Form 25 to delist common stock and warrants.
- Receivership triggers event of default under senior notes and other financing arrangements.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001802749-23-000141
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001802749
- company_name: Lightning eMotors, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-12-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 1.0
- calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.03, 2.04
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1802749/000180274923000141/0001802749-23-000141-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1802749/000180274923000141/zev-20231213.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001802749-23-000141
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001802749-23-000141.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001802749-23-000141.txt

## Key facts
- Distress & Bankruptcy
  Lightning eMotors, Inc. entered receivership in District Court, Larimer County, State of Colorado (petition 2023-12-13).
  - Proceeding: receivership
  - Court: District Court, Larimer County, State of Colorado
  - Petition: 2023-12-13
  source text: On December 13, 2023, Cupola Infrastructure Income Fund, L.L.L.P. filed a complaint and accompanying motion and proposed order, requesting the District Court, Larimer County, State of Colorado (the “Court”), to appoint a receiver (the “Receivership”) over Lightning eMotors, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary, Lightning Systems, Inc.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1802749/000180274923000141/0001802749-23-000141-index.htm

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