Form 4 - Statement of changes in beneficial ownership of securities

SEC Form 4 
   

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
	Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Schwartz Sanford Harold (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O RIVIAN AUTOMOTIVE, INC. (Street) IRVINE CA 92606 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Rivian Automotive, Inc. / DE [ RIVN ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 10/20/2023
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Class A Common Stock	10/20/2023		A		842(1)	A	$0.00	139,411	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. Represents an award of 842 restricted stock units, which vested on October 20, 2023. The Reporting Person has elected to defer the issuance of the shares of the Issuer's Class A Common Stock underlying the restricted stock units until the Reporting Person's termination of service as a director of the Issuer. The restricted stock units will settle in shares of the Issuer's Class A Common Stock upon such termination of service.

Remarks:

	/s/ Jamie Chung, Attorney-in-Fact	10/24/2023
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4 (b)(v).
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                                                                     EXHIBIT 24

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

        With respect to holdings of and transactions in securities issued by
Rivian Automotive, Inc. (the "Company"), the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints the individual or individuals named on Schedule A attached hereto and
as may be amended from time to time, or any of them signing singly, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, to act as the undersigned's true and
lawful attorney-in-fact to:

        1.    prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the
              undersigned's behalf, and submit to the United States Securities
              and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a Form ID, including
              amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or
              appropriate to obtain and/or regenerate codes and passwords
              enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC
              of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange
              Act of 1934, as amended, or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

        2.    execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, Forms 3, 4, and 5
              in accordance with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of
              1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder;

        3.    do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
              undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and
              execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any
              amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with
              the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

        4.    take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with
              the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may
              be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required
              by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents
              executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned
              pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and
              shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact
              may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

        The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorneys-in-fact substitute or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of
Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.

        The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,
nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to
comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

        This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed as of this 5th day of September, 2023.

                                   Signature:  /s/ Sanford Schwartz
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                                   Print Name: Sanford Schwartz


                                   Schedule A

        Individuals Appointed as Attorney-in-Fact with Full Power of
Substitution and Resubstitution

        1. Michael Callahan
        2. Claire McDonough
        3. Jamie Chung

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                                                                     EXHIBIT 24

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

        With respect to holdings of and transactions in securities issued by
Rivian Automotive, Inc. (the "Company"), the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints the individual or individuals named on Schedule A attached hereto and
as may be amended from time to time, or any of them signing singly, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, to act as the undersigned's true and
lawful attorney-in-fact to:

        1.    prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the
              undersigned's behalf, and submit to the United States Securities
              and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a Form ID, including
              amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or
              appropriate to obtain and/or regenerate codes and passwords
              enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC
              of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange
              Act of 1934, as amended, or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

        2.    execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, Forms 3, 4, and 5
              in accordance with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of
              1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder;

        3.    do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
              undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and
              execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any
              amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with
              the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

        4.    take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with
              the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may
              be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required
              by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents
              executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned
              pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and
              shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact
              may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

        The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorneys-in-fact substitute or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of
Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.

        The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,
nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to
comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

        This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed as of this 5th day of September, 2023.

                                   Signature:  /s/ Sanford Schwartz
                                               ----------------------
                                   Print Name: Sanford Schwartz


                                   Schedule A

        Individuals Appointed as Attorney-in-Fact with Full Power of
Substitution and Resubstitution

        1. Michael Callahan
        2. Claire McDonough
        3. Jamie Chung

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