8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OFTHESECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date

of report (Date of earliest event reported): December 17, 2021

LORDSTOWN MOTORS CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

2300 Hallock Young Road

Lordstown, Ohio 44481

(Address of principal executive offices and Zip Code)

(234) 285-4001

(Registrant’s

telephone number, including area code)

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:

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

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).

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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 ofDirectors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Effective December 17, 2021, pursuant to a mutual agreement with Lordstown Motors Corp. (the “Company”), Thomas V. Canepa will no longer serve as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of the Company and will provide transitional services through January 31, 2022.

In connection with Mr. Canepa’s departure, the Company’s Board of Directors appointed Melissa A. Leonard as the Company’s Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, effective January 1, 2022.

Ms. Leonard, age 52, was co-leader of the Mergers and Acquisitions team for Baker & Hostetler LLP, where she has served as outside counsel to the Company since 2019. Ms. Leonard has been a corporate and transactional attorney at Baker & Hostetler LLP since 1995 and has extensive legal experience with mergers and acquisitions, financings and corporate governance matters. Ms. Leonard was as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Cleveland, Ohio from 2007 – 2021 and served on the Finance and Governance Committees.  Ms. Leonard earned her Bachelor of Science from Miami University and her Juris Doctor from the University of Michigan School of Law.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

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.