---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001805385-26-000040"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EVLV"
cik: "0001805385"
company_name: "Evolv Technologies Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-08-10T12:00:39+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-10T12:05:37.695895+00:00"
event_type: "litigation"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Evolv settles stockholder derivative suits; court preliminarily approves governance reforms

## Summary
- Court preliminarily approved derivative settlement on Aug 6, 2026; final approval hearing set for Oct 21, 2026.
- Settlement resolves Massachusetts and Delaware derivative actions plus pre-suit demand by stockholder Nicholas R. Ingrao.
- Company pays nothing; insurers pay $1,275,000 in plaintiffs' attorneys' fees and expenses.
- Evolv adopts corporate governance reforms (audit committee, marketing policy, disclosure committee) effective for 5 years.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001805385-26-000040
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EVLV
- cik: 0001805385
- company_name: Evolv Technologies Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-08-10T12:00:39+00:00
- event_type: litigation
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1805385/000180538526000040/0001805385-26-000040-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1805385/000180538526000040/nhic-20260806.htm

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