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): March 13, 2023

Faraday Future Intelligent Electric Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(424) 276-7616

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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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 March 13, 2023, upon the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Faraday Future Intelligent Electric Inc. (the “Company”), the Board appointed Li Han as a director, effective immediately. Ms. Han has not been named to any Board committees at this time.

Since January 2022, Ms. Han has served as General Counsel of Mirana Corp., a global investment firm that focuses on Web3 technologies. From June 2021 to December 2021, she served as General Counsel of Bybit Fintech Limited, a cryptocurrency trading platform. Ms. Han was a partner of O’Melveny & Myers LLP, an international law firm, from March 2018 to May 2021. While Ms. Han was a partner at O’Melveny, O’Melveny represented FF Intelligent Mobility Global Holdings Ltd. (a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company), Yueting Jia, FF Global Partners LLC, Royod LLC, and Ocean View Drive Inc. Ms. Han was the Group General Counsel of Shanda Investment Group, a privately-owned investment group based in Singapore, from September 2011 to February 2018. Previous to that, Ms. Han was an associate in two global law firms, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP and Sullivan & Cromwell LLP.  She received her Juris Doctor degree from Columbia University, M.A. from Peking University and B.A. from Fudan University.

Ms. Han will participate in the same compensation programs as other non-management directors. There is no arrangement or understanding between Ms. Han and any other persons pursuant to which she was selected to serve as a director of the Company. There are no related party transactions between the Company and Ms. Han that would require disclosure under 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.

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