secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     LiveWire Group, Inc. (LVWR)
CIK:        0001898795
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-10-26T12:34:00+00:00
Accession:  0001898795-26-000096
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2

LiveWire CEO Karim Donnez resigns; board forms restructuring committee, names Ankura's Roy Gallagher CRO
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- Karim Donnez resigned as CEO of LiveWire Group effective October 21, 2026; the filing names no successor CEO.
- Board added David Barse and Scott Nash on October 22; Barse gets $45,000/month plus $7,500 per diems; Nash, Harley-Davidson's GM of Quality, gets no extra pay.
- New Special Restructuring Committee (William Cornog, David Barse) can negotiate and recommend financings, sales, restructurings or recapitalizations, and holds sole authority over conflict matters.
- Roy Gallagher, 50, Ankura Consulting senior managing director, became Chief Restructuring Officer and principal executive officer on October 25; LiveWire pays Ankura $140,000/month.
- Conflicts Committee dissolved; Q3 results due before market open October 29, 2026, with no LiveWire earnings call — Harley-Davidson will discuss the segment 8-9 a.m. CT.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1898795/000189879526000096/0001898795-26-000096-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1898795/000189879526000096/lvwr-20261021.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001898795-26-000096

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