secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ESS Tech, Inc. (GWH)
CIK:        0001819438
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-08-07T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001819438-25-000007
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

ESS Tech terminates CFO Anthony Rabb; appoints Kate Suhadolnik as interim CFO
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- Anthony Rabb terminated without severance effective August 1, 2025; not related to accounting or financial reporting issues.
- Kate Suhadolnik, Controller since April 2023, appointed interim CFO and principal financial/accounting officer.
- Suhadolnik has 14 years experience, previously at Deloitte and The Standard; CPA; annual salary $220k plus bonus.
- Board conducting search for permanent CFO replacement from internal and external candidates.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819438/000181943825000007/0001819438-25-000007-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819438/000181943825000007/wk-20250801.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001819438-25-000007

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