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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.
On January 5, 2024, Hull Xu tendered his resignation, resigning from his position as Chief Financial Officer, including as principal financial officer and principal accounting officer, of Cepton, Inc. (the “Company”) to pursue other opportunities. The Company accepted Mr. Xu’s resignation, effective as of January 5, 2024.
In connection with Mr. Xu’s resignation, the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”) appointed Dong (Dennis) Chang, the Company’s current Sr. Vice President of Manufacturing, as Interim Chief Financial Officer, including as principal financial officer and principal accounting officer, effective as of January 5, 2024. Mr. Chang has served as the Company’s Sr. Vice President of Manufacturing since December 2023, and previously served as Vice President of Manufacturing for the Company since February 2022. Prior to that, he served as Vice President of Manufacturing for Cepton Technologies, Inc. since May 2019. Prior to joining Cepton Technologies, Inc., Mr. Chang served as an Engineering Manager at Bromic Group Pty Ltd from October 2017 to April 2019. Mr. Chang has an M.B.A. from Macquarie University and a B.Eng. in Automobile Engineering from Tsinghua University.
There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Chang and any other person pursuant to which Mr. Chang was appointed as Interim Chief Financial Officer and there are no family relationships between Mr. Chang and any director or other executive officer of the Company, 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.
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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.
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CEPTON, INC. | |
| Date: January 5, 2024 | By: | /s/ Jun Pei |
| Name: | Jun Pei | |
| Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer | |
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