---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001868941-22-000098"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FLNC"
cik: "0001868941"
company_name: "Fluence Energy, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-09-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T09:30:18.834105+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CFO Dennis Fehr to depart Sept 14; Manavendra Sial takes over Sept 15 under separation agreement

## Summary
- Fehr's CFO role ends 11:59 p.m. Sept 14; Sial becomes SVP & CFO effective 12:00 a.m. Sept 15.
- Fehr remains non-executive employee through Oct 15 for transition services at no less than 20% of prior average level.
- Fehr receives severance benefits under Executive Severance Plan as if an Involuntary Termination, subject to release.
- Fehr's outstanding equity awards continue vesting through the transition period ending Oct 15.
- Separation agreement effective Sept 13, 2022; includes mutual non-disparagement and cooperation clauses.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001868941-22-000098
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FLNC
- cik: 0001868941
- company_name: Fluence Energy, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-09-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1868941/000186894122000098/0001868941-22-000098-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1868941/000186894122000098/flnc-20220913.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001868941-22-000098.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Manavendra Sial was appointed as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Fluence Energy, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Manavendra Sial was appointed as the Company’s new Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective as of 12:00 a.m. on September 15, 2022
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1868941/000186894122000098/0001868941-22-000098-index.htm
- Executive change
  Dennis Fehr departed as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Fluence Energy, Inc..
  - Action: left
  - Role: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Mr. Fehr left his role as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective as of 11:59 p.m. on September 14, 2022
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1868941/000186894122000098/0001868941-22-000098-index.htm

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