{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001819438-26-000091","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"GWH","cik":"0001819438","company_name":"ESS Tech, Inc.","filed_at":"2026-11-13T21:05:24+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-11-13T21:07:00.403713+00:00","generated_at":"2026-11-13T21:07:29.286367+00:00","sec_items":["1.03","2.04","5.02","8.01"],"event_type":"other_material","sentiment":"negative","materiality_score":1.0,"calibrated_materiality_score":1.0,"confidence":"high","headline":"ESS Tech files Chapter 7, ceases operations; CEO Buckley and CFO Suhadolnik among all employees terminated","bullets":["On November 13, 2026 ESS Tech filed a voluntary Chapter 7 petition in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware after considering all strategic alternatives; operations ceased.","A court-appointed Chapter 7 trustee assumes control of assets and liabilities, stripping the board and officers of authority; assets will be liquidated and claims paid per Bankruptcy Code priorities.","Company states it is unlikely holders of its common stock will receive any payment or distribution; it warns post-petition trading is highly speculative with substantial risk of loss.","All employees and officers were terminated without cause effective November 13, 2026, including CEO Drew Buckley, CFO Kate Suhadolnik and GC/Chief Strategy Officer Kelly Goodman.","The audit of fiscal year ended December 31, 2026 was not completed and the Company says it can no longer prepare or file its Form 10-K or any other periodic reports."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001819438-26-000091","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001819438-26-000091.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001819438-26-000091.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001819438-26-000091.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819438/000181943826000091/0001819438-26-000091-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819438/000181943826000091/wk-20261113.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-11-13T21:07:29.286367+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":[],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}