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accession: "0001819438-26-000080"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GWH"
cik: "0001819438"
company_name: "ESS Tech, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-09-03T20:36:15+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-09-03T20:38:16.573593+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
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source: SEC EDGAR
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# ESS Tech signs employment agreements with CFO and CSO/GC, $380k base salary each

## Summary
- Agreements with CFO Kate Suhadolnik and CSO/GC Kelly F. Goodman dated Aug 28, 2026; no role changes.
- Each executive receives $380,000 base salary; annual cash incentive eligibility unchanged.
- CIC protection: 12 months base salary, 12 months COBRA premiums, full equity acceleration if terminated within CIC period.
- Agreements include customary confidentiality, non-solicitation, and non-competition covenants.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001819438-26-000080
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GWH
- cik: 0001819438
- company_name: ESS Tech, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-09-03T20:36:15+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819438/000181943826000080/0001819438-26-000080-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819438/000181943826000080/wk-20260828.htm

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