---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001819493-23-000266"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "XOS"
cik: "0001819493"
company_name: "Xos, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-11-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T22:21:07.557047+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Xos director Ansari resigns; acting CFO Pogosyan gets change-of-control severance

## Summary
- Director Anousheh Ansari resigned effective Nov 16, 2023, not due to any disagreement with Xos.
- Xos amended Liana Pogosyan's (acting CFO) offer letter with double-trigger severance on change of control.
- Severance includes half base salary, target bonus, and full equity acceleration upon termination without cause or for good reason.
- Covered terminations occur from one year before to two years after a change of control.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001819493-23-000266
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: XOS
- cik: 0001819493
- company_name: Xos, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-11-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819493/000181949323000266/0001819493-23-000266-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819493/000181949323000266/xos-20231116.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001819493-23-000266.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Anousheh Ansari resigned as member of the board of directors at Xos, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: member of the board of directors
  source text: On November 16, 2023, Anousheh Ansari informed Xos, Inc. (the "Company") of her resignation as a member of the board of directors of the Company (the "Board"), effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819493/000181949323000266/0001819493-23-000266-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.