UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 24, 2024

 

ADVENT TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware		001-38742		83-0982969
(State or other jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification Number)

 

5637 La Ribera St., Suite A Livermore, California		94550
(Address of registrant’s principal executive office)		(Zip code)

 

(925) 455-9400

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class		Trading symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, par value $0.0001 per share		ADN		The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Warrants		ADNWW		The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company ¨

 

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Termination of Vassilios Gregoriou as Chief Executive Officer, Acting Chief Financial Officer and Appointment of Interim Chief Executive Officer

 

On October 24, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Advent Technologies Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) approved the termination of the employment of Vassilios Gregoriou, the Chief Executive Officer, Acting Chief Financial Officer, for cause, effective immediately.

 

Further to the said termination, in connection with Mr. Gregoriou’s termination, the Company’s board of directors appointed Mr. Gary Herman, who is currently serving as the Company’s Class I Director, to the additional role of interim chief executive officer, effective immediately, until a new Chief Executive Officer is appointed. Information regarding Mr. Herman’s age, background, and experience is incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 4, 2024.

 

There are no family relationships between Ms. Herman and any director or executive officer of the Company and she has no direct or indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: October 24, 2024	ADVENT TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS, INC.
	By:	/s/ Gary Herman
	Name:	Gary Herman
	Title:	Interim Chief Executive Officer