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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): February 14, 2024
Nikola Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
001-38495
(Commission File Number)
82-4151153
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
    4141 E Broadway Road
    Phoenix, AZ    85040
    (Address of principal executive offices)    (Zip Code)

(480) 581-8888
(Registrant’s telephone number,
including area code)

N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

☐    Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐    Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240-13e-4(c))
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each classTrading symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, $0.0001 par value per shareNKLAThe 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 ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐


Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
(c) On February 14, 2024, the board of directors (the “Board”) of Nikola Corporation (the “Company”) appointed Stephen J. Girsky, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, as the Company’s Acting Chief Financial Officer, Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer.
Mr. Girsky, age 61, has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company since August 2023 and a member of the Company’s Board since January 2018. Prior to that, Mr. Girsky served as President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of VectoIQ Acquisition Corp., the Company’s predecessor company, from January 2018 to June 2020. Mr. Girsky is a Managing Partner of VectoIQ, LLC, an independent advisory and investment firm based in New York. Mr. Girsky served in a number of capacities at General Motors Company (NYSE: GM), a vehicle manufacturer (“General Motors”), from November 2009 until July 2014, including Vice Chairman, having responsibility for global corporate strategy, new business development, global product planning and program management, global connected consumer/OnStar, and GM Ventures LLC, global research & development and global purchasing and supply chain. Mr. Girsky also served on General Motors’ board of directors following its emergence from bankruptcy in June 2009 until June 2016. Mr. Girsky currently serves on the board of directors of Brookfield Business Partners Limited, the general partner of Brookfield Business Partners, L.P. (NYSE: BBU; TSX BBU.UN), a private equity company.
Mr. Girsky will not receive any additional compensation for assuming these interim roles, and no changes will be made to his employment agreement in connection with this appointment, a copy of which was attached as Exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2023.
Mr. Girsky has no family relationships with any of the Company’s directors or executive officers, and he has no direct or indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.




SIGNATURE
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.

Dated: February 21, 2024
NIKOLA CORPORATION
By:/s/ Britton M. Worthen
Britton M. Worthen
Chief Legal Officer

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