Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On February 3, 2023, Ms. Nicole Camacho, the Chief Financial of Forza X1, Inc.
(the "Company"), provided the Company notice of her resignation as an executive
officer of the Company, effective February 24, 2023. Ms. Camacho informed the
Company that she was resigning from the Company as an executive officer to
pursue another opportunity and that her resignation was not the result of any
disagreement relating to the Company's operations, policies or practices.
On February 6, 2023, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of the Company,
appointed Carrie Gunnerson to the position of Interim Chief Financial Officer
and Interim Principal Financial and Accounting Officer.
Ms. Gunnerson, age 47, has been a consultant to the Company since the closing of
its initial public offering on August 16, 2022, and served as the Company's
Chief Financial Officer from inception until closing of its initial public
offering. Ms. Gunnerson has served as the Chief Financial Officer of Twin Vee
Powercats Co., the Company's parent company ("Twin Vee"), since October
2021. Ms. Gunnerson served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Art's
Way Manufacturing Co., Inc. ("Art's Way") from October 18, 2007 until July 21,
2020, as its Chief Financial Officer from July 2004 until January 2012 and
interim from September 2012 until January 22, 2015 and again from May 31, 2018
until February 1, 2020. Prior to joining Art's Way in 2004, from 2001 until 2004
Ms. Gunnerson was employed by Tyco Plastics Inc., where she was responsible for
all of the functions of a controller. Ms. Gunnerson also served as director of
the Farm Equipment Manufacturers Association, from November 2016 through July of
2020. Ms. Gunnerson received her Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting with a
minor in Economics from the University of St. Thomas in St Paul, Minnesota.
Ms. Gunnerson has been providing accounting services to us pursuant to the terms
of a one-year management agreement that we entered into on September 1, 2022
with Twin Vee (the "Management Agreement"), which provides, among other things,
that Twin Vee will provide human resource and consulting services and accounting
and accounts payable services to us at a monthly fee of $6,800.
There are no family relationships between Ms. Gunnerson and any of the Company's
directors or executive officers. In addition, except as set forth above, Ms.
Gunnerson is not a party to any transaction, or series of transactions, required
to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
The description of the Management Agreement does not purport to be complete and
is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Management Agreement, a copy of
which are filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is
incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit
Number Description
10.1 Management Agreement effective as of September 1, 2022 by and between
Forza X1, Inc. and Twin Vee PowerCats Co. (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.2 to the Company's registration statement on Form S-1, as
filed on December 23, 2021 (333-261884)
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