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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001819493-25-000136"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "XOS"
cik: "0001819493"
company_name: "Xos, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-08-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T10:37:48.984293+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Xos appoints former GM Group VP John F. Smith to Board of Directors

## Summary
- John F. Smith elected as Class I director effective Aug 18, 2025; Board expands to nine members.
- Smith retired as Group VP of General Motors after 42 years; also appointed to Audit Committee.
- CEO Dakota Semler says Smith's OEM strategy and supply-chain experience will aid MDXT scale-up.
- Smith previously served on boards of TI Fluid Systems, American Axle, Covisint, and CEVA Logistics.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001819493-25-000136
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: XOS
- cik: 0001819493
- company_name: Xos, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-08-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819493/000181949325000136/0001819493-25-000136-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819493/000181949325000136/xos-20250818.htm

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