---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001903596-23-000662"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "XPON"
cik: "0001894954"
company_name: "Expion360 Inc."
filed_at: "2023-08-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T04:23:39.744967+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Expion360 appoints Tien Nguyen, Brian Schaffner to board; Paul Shoun named Chairman

## Summary
- Tien Nguyen appointed to board; brings 30+ years in energy storage, semiconductors, and AI.
- Brian Schaffner (CEO) and Paul Shoun (COO/Chairman) join/lead board; now five directors, three independent.
- Nguyen to sit on Audit, Governance committees and chair Compensation; no extra pay for Shoun/Schaffner.
- Company expects Nguyen's expertise to aid IP development and entry into home energy storage markets.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001903596-23-000662
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: XPON
- cik: 0001894954
- company_name: Expion360 Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-08-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- 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/1894954/000190359623000662/0001903596-23-000662-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1894954/000190359623000662/xpon_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001903596-23-000662
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001903596-23-000662.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001903596-23-000662.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Brian Schaffner was appointed as Director at Expion360 Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: appointed Tien Nguyen and Brian Schaffner to serve as members of the Board, each to fill an existing vacancy on the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1894954/000190359623000662/0001903596-23-000662-index.htm
- Executive change
  Tien Nguyen was appointed as Director at Expion360 Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: appointed Tien Nguyen and Brian Schaffner to serve as members of the Board, each to fill an existing vacancy on the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1894954/000190359623000662/0001903596-23-000662-index.htm
- Executive change
  Paul Shoun was appointed as Chairman of the Board at Expion360 Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chairman of the Board
  source text: In addition, Paul Shoun, the Company’s President and Chief Operating Officer, and a current member of the Board, was appointed to serve as Chairman of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1894954/000190359623000662/0001903596-23-000662-index.htm

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