Appointment · 13 October 2026
Polar Power, Inc.
POLA · Listed
Key facts
- How the CEO left
- No departure described
- Planned or abrupt
- Planned
- Successor
- External hire
- Signs it was forced
- None stated
- Other news alongside
- Restructuring
- Effective
- 6 October 2026
- Reason given
- to allow for increased scalability and focus on product performance and quality
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The announcement
On October 6, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) of Polar Power, Inc. (the “ Company ”) approved, by unanimous written consent, a new leadership structure for the Company (the “ Leadership Structure ”), under which Chris Mayer was appointed to serve as Co-Chief Executive Officer of the Company, effective October 6, 2026, and Arthur D. Sams, the Company’s current President and Chief Executive Officer, will continue to serve as Co-Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company.
Sentences matched by our CEO change rules, from the first filing. Read the 8-K on SEC EDGAR ↗
Share price reaction
The filing reached SEC EDGAR on 13 October 2026 at 21:10 New York time, after the market closed, so day 0 is the next trading day, 14 October 2026. Day 0 is marked by the vertical line.
| Window | POLA | S&P 500 | Abnormal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Days 0 to +1 | −12.7% | −0.8% | −11.2% |
| Days 0 to +3 | −19.1% | −1.5% | −16.4% |
| 1 month (days 0 to +21)so far, 10 of 22 days | −41.8% | −1.1% | −42.4% |
| 3 months (days 0 to +63)so far, 10 of 64 days | −41.8% | −1.1% | −42.4% |
The abnormal return is the stock's return beyond what its usual relationship with the market (beta 0.86) predicts. A single stock's move can reflect other news on the same days, so it describes what happened rather than measuring the effect of the CEO change; averages across many events are on the Research design page as they are completed.
News coverage
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