{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001802749-23-000143","form_type":"8-K","ticker":null,"cik":"0001802749","company_name":"Lightning eMotors, Inc.","filed_at":"2023-12-18T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:03:30.529641+00:00","generated_at":"2026-06-07T11:23:45.164819+00:00","sec_items":["1.03","2.04","5.02"],"event_type":"regulatory","sentiment":"negative","materiality_score":1.0,"calibrated_materiality_score":1.0,"confidence":"high","headline":"Lightning eMotors placed into receivership; all directors resign; shareholders unlikely to recover","bullets":["Colorado court appointed Cordes & Company as receiver on Dec 15, 2023; receiver can sell all assets and distribute proceeds to creditors.","Shareholders will not receive any distributions from the receivership.","All seven board members resigned, including Chairman Robert Fenwick-Smith, due to the receiver appointment.","Receiver's appointment triggers default under senior notes and other financing arrangements."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001802749-23-000143","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001802749-23-000143.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001802749-23-000143.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001802749-23-000143.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1802749/000180274923000143/0001802749-23-000143-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1802749/000180274923000143/zev-20231215.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-06-07T11:23:45.164819+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"5285b08228be76abfcbd1ac0b4b0cc4aa3835f90","claim":"Lightning eMotors, Inc. entered receivership in District Court, Larimer County, State of Colorado (petition 2023-12-15).","evidence_excerpt":"On December 15, 2023, the District Court, Larimer County, State of Colorado (the “Court”), appointed Cordes & Company as receiver (the “Receiver”) over Lightning eMotors, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary, Lightning Systems, Inc. (together, the “Company”).","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 1.03","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1802749/000180274923000143/0001802749-23-000143-index.htm","confidence":0.9,"family_label":"Distress & Bankruptcy","details":[{"label":"Proceeding","value":"receivership"},{"label":"Court","value":"District Court, Larimer County, State of Colorado"},{"label":"Petition","value":"2023-12-15"}],"fact_type":"distress_event"},{"claim_id":"587365ae5e","claim":"Robert Fenwick-Smith resigned as Chairman of the Board, Chair of the Finance and Investment Committee at Lightning eMotors, Inc..","evidence_excerpt":"all members of the Company’s Board of Directors resigned from their respective positions on the Company’s Board and Committees, namely: • Robert Fenwick-Smith, Chairman of the Board, Chair of the Finance and Investment Committee","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1802749/000180274923000143/0001802749-23-000143-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"resigned"},{"label":"Role","value":"Chairman of the Board, Chair of the Finance and Investment Committee"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}