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The Aqua Metals, Inc. (NASDAQ: AQMS) SEC filings page on Stock Titan provides direct access to the company’s official disclosures as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. These documents are central to understanding Aqua Metals’ development as a metals recycling and refining company built around its proprietary AquaRefining™ technology for lithium-ion battery recycling and critical minerals recovery.
Through periodic reports such as the Form 10-K and Form 10-Q, investors can review detailed information on Aqua Metals’ operations, risk factors, liquidity, and progress toward commercializing its AquaRefining™ platform and AquaRefining™ Campus (ARC) facility concept. These filings also describe the company’s focus on producing high-purity, low-carbon battery materials from black mass and other feedstocks, and its efforts to support domestic critical mineral supply chains.
Current reports on Form 8-K document material events, including capital raises via registered direct offerings and private placements, notices and resolutions related to Nasdaq listing standards, reverse stock split actions, earnings announcements, and significant agreements such as securities purchase arrangements. These filings provide formal context for many of the developments referenced in Aqua Metals’ press releases.
Users can also monitor proxy statements (DEF 14A) for insight into corporate governance, director elections, equity incentive plans, and shareholder proposals related to capital structure, including reverse split authorizations and share issuance approvals. Where applicable, Form 4 and other ownership-related filings can shed light on insider equity transactions and alignment between management and shareholders.
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Aqua Metals, Inc. filed Amendment No. 1 to its 2025 annual report to add full Part III disclosures on directors, executive compensation, ownership, related-party transactions and auditor fees that were previously expected to come from a proxy statement. The company reports an aggregate market value of non-affiliate equity of $4,815,945 and 3,350,604 common shares outstanding as of March 24, 2026. The four-member Board includes three independent directors, separate chair and CEO roles, and active audit, compensation, and nominating/governance committees. The filing details substantial equity-based incentives and change-of-control severance for senior executives, a clawback policy for erroneously awarded incentive pay, stock ownership guidelines for directors, and related-party financings including a $3 million secured debt facility and a $1.5 million notes-and-warrants private placement involving insiders. Auditor Forvis Mazars, LLP billed $388,000 in 2025 audit fees.
Aqua Metals, Inc. Chief Financial Officer Eric West reported a routine tax-withholding disposition related to a vesting equity award. On the April 13, 2026 vesting of a previously granted restricted share award, 863 shares of common stock were withheld and returned to the company’s plan to cover associated tax liabilities at a value of $3.92 per share. Following this non‑market transaction, West directly holds 65,058 shares of common stock, including 32,803 shares underlying restricted stock units that are not yet vested and deliverable.
Aqua Metals, Inc. Chief Eng and Opr Officer Benjamin S. Taecker reported a tax-withholding disposition of 715 shares of common stock at $3.92 per share. These shares were withheld and returned to the company plan to cover taxes on an April 13, 2026 vesting of a previously granted restricted share award, rather than sold on the open market. Following this transaction, he directly holds 58,065 shares of common stock, which include 26,482 shares underlying restricted stock units that are not yet vested and deliverable.
Aqua Metals, Inc. reported that Chief Executive Officer Stephen Cotton had shares withheld to cover taxes tied to an equity award. On April 13, 2026, 2,352 shares of common stock were withheld and returned to the company plan to satisfy tax liability from a vesting restricted share grant.
After this tax-withholding disposition, Cotton directly holds 219,673 shares of common stock, which includes 87,192 shares underlying unvested restricted stock units that are not yet deliverable. The event reflects routine administration of equity compensation rather than an open-market trade.
Aqua Metals, Inc. reported its results for the year ended December 31, 2025, highlighting technology and commercialization milestones for its AquaRefining™ process alongside continued losses. The company recorded a net loss of $22,646 for 2025, compared with a net loss of $24,555 for 2024, and total operating expense of $23,331 versus $23,847 a year earlier.
At year-end 2025, Aqua Metals reported cash and cash equivalents of $10,810, up from $4,079 at December 31, 2024, while total assets declined to $19,706 from $26,365. Total liabilities fell to $4,936 from $10,121, and stockholders’ equity was $14,770 compared with $16,244. Results included a $9,114 impairment and loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment, partly offset by a $1,266 gain from change in fair value of warrant liability.
Aqua Metals, Inc. files its annual report describing a pre-revenue clean battery recycling business that remains in development and carries substantial risk. The company is advancing its AquaRefining technology for lithium-ion batteries, operating a pilot plant and focusing on lithium carbonate and mixed hydroxide precipitate products. Cash totaled $10.81 million with working capital of $8.98 million as of December 31 2025, but auditors raised substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. Aqua Metals recorded a non‑cash impairment and asset disposal loss of $9.11 million tied to the sale of a TRIC property and cut plant and R&D spending through workforce reductions. Since inception through December 31 2025, it has generated only $11.7 million of revenue, all from legacy lead operations. The company signed a non‑binding term sheet on February 6 2026 to potentially acquire Lion Energy, LLC for up to $94.9 million in cash, stock and contingent earn‑outs, though closing and benefits are uncertain and subject to many conditions.
Aqua Metals, Inc. Chief Executive Officer Stephen Cotton reported a tax-related share withholding tied to a vesting of restricted stock. On the Form 4, 3,307 shares of common stock were disposed of at $4.76 per share to cover withholding taxes, as indicated by transaction code "F" for a tax-liability payment.
After this transaction, Cotton directly owned 222,025 shares of Aqua Metals common stock, which the filing notes includes 92,745 shares underlying unvested restricted stock units that are not yet deliverable.
Aqua Metals, Inc. reported that Chief Engineering and Operating Officer Benjamin S. Taecker had 1,006 shares of common stock withheld on February 24, 2026 to cover taxes from the vesting of a previously granted restricted share award at $4.76 per share. After this tax-withholding disposition, he directly owns 58,780 shares, including 28,170 unvested RSUs that are not yet deliverable.
Aqua Metals, Inc. Chief Financial Officer Eric West reported a Form 4 transaction involving common stock. On the vesting of a previously granted restricted share award on February 24, 2026, 1,214 shares were withheld and returned to the plan to cover associated tax liabilities at a price of $4.76 per share.
After this tax-withholding disposition, West beneficially owns 65,921 common shares, which include 34,840 shares underlying restricted stock units that are not yet vested and deliverable. The transaction reflects administrative tax settlement rather than an open‑market sale.
West Eric reported acquisition or exercise transactions in a Form 4 filing for AQMS. The filing lists transactions totaling 28,390 shares at a weighted average price of $4.72 per share. Following the reported transactions, holdings were 67,135 shares.