Aqua Metals filings document regulatory disclosures for an operating company developing and commercializing battery metals recycling and refining technology. Recent Form 8-K reports cover operating and financial results, material agreements, capital-structure matters, shareholder voting items and governance updates related to the company’s common stock listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market.
The filing record also includes proxy materials addressing annual meeting proposals, executive compensation and stockholder votes, along with material-event reports on Nasdaq listing compliance and reverse-split-related capital structure actions. These disclosures frame AQMS around AquaRefining commercialization, financing needs, public-company governance and the risks of scaling sustainable metals recycling operations.
Aqua Metals, Inc. CEO and director Stephen Cotton received an award covering 35,310 shares underlying restricted stock units (RSUs) on October 13, 2026. The RSUs are unvested and will vest and be settled in six equal semi-annual installments over a three-year period, subject to his continued service; they were granted as non-cash stock awards under the company’s 2026 Long Term Incentive Program. Also on October 13, 2,352 shares were withheld for tax obligations tied to vesting of 5,553 previously reported RSUs; the reported per-share price was $1.9200.
Aqua Metals, Inc. (AQMS) Chief Eng and Opr Officer Benjamin S. Taecker received a non-cash award covering 10,429 shares underlying restricted stock units (RSUs) on October 13, 2026. The RSUs vest in six equal semi-annual installments over three years, subject to continued service.
On October 13, 2026, 716 shares were withheld for tax obligations tied to vesting of 1,689 previously reported RSUs, at a reported $1.92 per share. The post-transaction amount includes 62,052 shares underlying RSUs not yet vested and deliverable.
Aqua Metals, Inc. (AQMS) Chief Financial Officer Eric West received an award covering 12,583 shares underlying restricted stock units on October 13, 2026. The non-cash award vests and settles in six equal semi-annual installments over three years, subject to his continued service. On the same date, 863 shares were withheld to satisfy tax withholding obligations when 2,037 previously reported RSUs vested; the reported price was $1.92 per share. A footnote also identifies 76,137 shares underlying RSUs that are not yet vested and deliverable.
Aqua Metals, Inc. (AQMS) reports an administrative change to its existing at-the-market equity program. On August 30, 2024, Aqua Metals entered into an ATM Sales Agreement with The Benchmark Company, LLC, which was amended on December 2, 2025. On September 2, 2026, Benchmark notified Aqua Metals that it had assigned its rights and obligations under the Sales Agreement to its affiliate, StoneX Financial Inc., an SEC-registered broker-dealer and FINRA/SIPC member. The agreement permits Benchmark to assign its rights and obligations to an affiliate pursuant to Section 13 of the Sales Agreement without Aqua Metals’ consent.
Aqua Metals, Inc. (symbol: AQMS) is the issuer of record for a Form 4 filing submitted to the SEC.
Aqua Metals, Inc. (AQMS) reported that director Vincent L. DiVito received an equity award of 15,641 shares of Common Stock on August 24, 2026, in the form of restricted stock units (RSUs) at $0.00 per share. Footnotes state the first installment vested immediately on that date, with remaining RSUs vesting in three installments on 11/1/2026, 2/1/2027, and 5/1/2027, each RSU converting into one share of Common Stock. Following this award, DiVito directly holds 26,402 shares, including 11,731 unvested RSUs that are not yet deliverable.
Aqua Metals, Inc. (AQMS) reported that director Eric John Gangloff acquired 10,427 shares of Common Stock on August 24, 2026 through a restricted stock unit (RSU) grant, recorded at $0.0000 per share. Each RSU entitles the holder to receive one share of Common Stock.
The first installment of this RSU award vested immediately on August 24, 2026, with the remaining RSUs scheduled to vest in three installments on November 1, 2026, February 1, 2027, and May 1, 2027. Following this grant, Gangloff’s direct holdings total 22,347 shares, which include 7,820 shares underlying RSUs that are not yet vested and deliverable.
Aqua Metals, Inc. (symbol: AQMS) is the issuer of record for a Form 4 filing submitted to the SEC.
Aqua Metals, Inc. (symbol: AQMS) is the issuer of record for a Form 4 filing submitted to the SEC.
Aqua Metals, Inc. (AQMS) reported that officer Benjamin S. Taecker, Chief Engineering and Operating Officer, received an equity compensation grant of 30,958 restricted stock units (RSUs) on 2026-08-24. These RSUs, granted as non-cash stock awards under the 2026 Long Term Incentive Program, will vest in six equal semi-annual installments over three years, subject to his continued service. Each RSU converts into one share of common stock upon vesting. Following this grant, Taecker’s reported direct holdings total 87,274 shares, including 53,312 unvested RSUs.