secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Rivian Automotive, Inc. / DE (RIVN)
CIK:        0001874178
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-03-07T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001874178-25-000009
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Rivian appoints Sreela Venkataratnam as Chief Accounting Officer effective March 10, 2025
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- Venkataratnam will report to CFO Claire McDonough and serve as principal accounting officer.
- Compensation includes $425,000 base salary, 50% target bonus, and $6M RSU grant vesting quarterly over 4 years.
- Also receives $20,000 signing bonus with clawback if leaving within one year; severance includes 12-month base salary and COBRA.
- Venkataratnam previously spent 11 years at Tesla, most recently as VP of Finance and Business Operations.
- She replaces Claire McDonough, who served as interim principal accounting officer.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1874178/000187417825000009/0001874178-25-000009-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1874178/000187417825000009/rivn-20250303.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001874178-25-000009

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