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): ~~November~~December 2013, 2023

Lightning eMotors, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware	001-39283	84-4605714
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

815 14th Street SW, Suite A100

Loveland, Colorado 80537

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

1-800-223-0740

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

~~TradingSymbol~~Trading Symbol(s)

Name of each exchangeon which registered

Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share

ZEV

New York Stock Exchange

Redeemable Warrants, each full warrant exercisable for one share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $230.00 per share

ZEV.WS

New York Stock Exchange

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 x

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 2 1.~~02 Results~~03 Bankruptcy ofor ~~Operation and Financial Condition~~Receivership.

On ~~November 20~~December 13, 2023, weCupola ~~issued~~Infrastructure Income Fund, L.L.L.P. filed a ~~press~~complaint ~~release~~and ~~announcing~~accompanying ~~financial~~motion ~~results~~and ~~for~~proposed ~~the~~order, ~~quarter~~requesting ~~ended~~the ~~September 30~~District Court, ~~2023.~~Larimer ACounty, ~~copy~~State of Colorado (the ~~press~~“Court”), ~~release~~to isappoint ~~attached~~a asreceiver ~~Exhibit~~(the 99“Receivership”) over Lightning eMotors, Inc.1 toand ~~this~~its ~~Current~~wholly ~~Report~~owned subsidiary, Lightning Systems, Inc. (together, the “Company”). The Company stipulated and isagreed ~~incorporated~~to ~~herein~~the bymotion ~~reference~~and proposed order to appoint Cordes & Company as the receiver (the “Receiver”).

~~The~~Upon ~~information~~appointment ~~contained~~of inthe ~~this~~Receiver, ~~Item~~the ~~2.02~~Receiver will have and exercise the powers and authority of the Company’s directors and officers, ~~including~~take ~~Exhibit~~possession ~~99.1~~of, ~~attached~~and ~~hereto~~protect and preserve, ~~shall~~all ~~not~~of bethe ~~deemed~~assets ~~“filed”~~of the Company, and administer the estate in accordance with Rule 66 of the ~~Securities~~Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure. Accordingly, the Receiver will sell all of the assets of the Company (together or separately) and ~~Exchange~~distribute ~~Commission~~the ~~nor~~proceeds ~~incorporated~~of bysuch ~~reference~~sale into ~~any~~the ~~registration~~Company’s ~~statement~~creditors ~~filed~~in a manner approved by the ~~Company~~Court. The appointment of a Receiver is considered an event of default under the ~~Securities~~Company’s ~~Act~~senior ofnotes ~~1933,~~and asother ~~amended~~financing arrangements.

~~Item 9.01 Financial~~The ~~Statements~~Company’s ~~and~~shareholders ~~Exhibits~~will not receive distributions in the Receivership.

ExhibitNumber						Description
99.1						Press release dated November 20, 2023
104						Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL)

The Company expects the New York Stock Exchange to file a Form 25 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to delist the Company’s common stock and warrants from the NYSE.

Item 2.04 Triggering Events That Accelerate or Increase a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement.

The information set forth under Item 1.03 is incorporated herein by reference.

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.

	Lightning eMotors, Inc.
Dated: November 20, 2023
Dated: December 14, 2023
	By:	/s/ Timothy Reeser
	Name:	Timothy Reeser
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer and President

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