SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549 |
SCHEDULE 13D
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 2)
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SOLID POWER, INC. (Name of Issuer) |
Common Stock, par value $0.0001 (Title of Class of Securities) |
83422N105 (CUSIP Number) |
Christina Shalhoub c/o Riverstone Holdings LLC, 712 Fifth Avenue, 36th Floor New York, NY, 10019 212-993-0076 (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications) |
09/19/2025 (Date of Event Which Requires Filing of This Statement) |
SCHEDULE 13D
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CUSIP No. | 83422N105 |
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Name of reporting person
David M. Leuschen | ||||||||
2 | Check the appropriate box if a member of a Group (See Instructions)
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3 | SEC use only | ||||||||
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Source of funds (See Instructions)
OO | ||||||||
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Check if disclosure of legal proceedings is required pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)
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6 | Citizenship or place of organization
UNITED STATES
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Number of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person With: |
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11 | Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person
6,704,303.00 | ||||||||
12 | Check if the aggregate amount in Row (11) excludes certain shares (See Instructions)
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13 | Percent of class represented by amount in Row (11)
3.62 % | ||||||||
14 | Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
IN |
SCHEDULE 13D
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CUSIP No. | 83422N105 |
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Name of reporting person
Pierre F. Lapeyre, Jr. | ||||||||
2 | Check the appropriate box if a member of a Group (See Instructions)
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3 | SEC use only | ||||||||
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Source of funds (See Instructions)
OO | ||||||||
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Check if disclosure of legal proceedings is required pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)
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6 | Citizenship or place of organization
UNITED STATES
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Number of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person With: |
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11 | Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person
9,010,694.00 | ||||||||
12 | Check if the aggregate amount in Row (11) excludes certain shares (See Instructions)
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13 | Percent of class represented by amount in Row (11)
4.81 % | ||||||||
14 | Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
IN |
SCHEDULE 13D
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Item 1. | Security and Issuer | |
(a) | Title of Class of Securities:
Common Stock, par value $0.0001 | |
(b) | Name of Issuer:
SOLID POWER, INC. | |
(c) | Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:
486 S. PIERCE AVE., SUITE E, Louisville,
COLORADO
, 80027. | |
Item 1 Comment:
This Amendment No. 2 to Schedule 13D (this "Amendment No. 2") amends and supplements the Schedule 13D originally filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on March 1, 2023 (as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto ("Amendment No. 1") originally filed with the SEC on August 21, 2025, the "Schedule 13D"), with respect to the common stock, par value $0.0001 per share ("Common Stock"), of Solid Power, Inc. Except as indicated in this Amendment No. 2, all other information as to the Reporting Persons set forth in the Schedule 13D remains unchanged and capitalized terms used herein that are not defined herein have the same meanings as set forth in the Schedule 13D.
The Reporting Persons have engaged in transactions since August 21, 2025, which represented a decrease in David M. Leuschen's and Pierre F. Lapeyre, Jr.'s respective beneficial ownership of Common Stock of more than 1% of the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. See Item 3 below for further detail regarding these transactions. | ||
Item 3. | Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration | |
Item 3 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended by deleting the last paragraph thereof and adding the following:
Securities Held Directly By REL Batavia Partnership, L.P. ("REL") and REL US Partnership, LLC ("REL US")
4,798,303 shares of Common Stock directly held by REL were issued in the Business Combination in exchange for securities of Legacy Solid Power directly held by REL prior to the Business Combination. In addition, REL purchased 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock at a price of $10.00 per share in a PIPE transaction that closed substantially concurrently with the closing of the Business Combination. Further, on January 23, 2023, Sponsor distributed 437,500 shares of Common Stock to REL US.
On September 19, 2025, REL and REL US sold an aggregate of 7,235,803 shares of Common Stock at a price of $3.58 per share in the open market. | ||
Item 5. | Interest in Securities of the Issuer | |
(a) | Item 5 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
The ownership information presented below represents beneficial ownership of shares of Common Stock of the Issuer as of September 23, 2025, based upon (i) with respect to Mr. Leuschen, 185,291,240 shares of the Issuer's Common Stock, which includes (x) 181,284,380 shares of the Issuer's Common Stock, as reported in the Issuer's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on August 7, 2025 and (y) 4,006,860 shares of the Issuer's Common Stock which may be purchased by exercising warrants that are presently exercisable and (ii) with respect to Mr. Lapeyre, 187,335,411 shares of the Issuer's Common Stock, which includes (x) 181,284,380 shares of the Issuer's Common Stock, as reported in the Issuer's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on August 7, 2025 and (y) 6,051,031 shares of the Issuer's Common Stock which may be purchased by exercising warrants that are presently exercisable.
Shared
Shared Sole power power to
Sole power power to to dispose or dispose or to
Amount to vote or to vote or to to direct the direct the
beneficially Percent of direct the direct the disposition disposition
Reporting Person owned class: vote: vote: of: of:
David M. Leuschen 6,704,303 3.62% 1,745,546 4,958,757 1,745,546 4,958,757
Pierre F. Lapeyre, Jr. 9,010,694 4.81% 4,051,937 4,958,757 4,051,937 4,958,757
Sponsor is the record holder of 951,897 shares of Common Stock and 4,006,860 Private Placement Warrants that are presently exercisable. Mr. Leuschen and Mr. Lapeyre are the managing directors of Riverstone, which is the sole and managing member of Sponsor Manager, which is the managing member of Sponsor. As a result, Mr. Leuschen and Mr. Lapeyre each may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of the shares held by Sponsor. Each such person or entity disclaims any such beneficial ownership.
Mr. Leuschen is the record holder of 1,745,546 shares of Common Stock.
Mr. Lapeyre is the record holder of 72,046 shares of Common Stock and 401,131 Private Placement Warrants that are presently exercisable. Additionally, Mr. Lapeyre may be deemed to beneficially own 1,935,720 shares of Common Stock and 1,643,040 Private Placement Warrants that are presently exercisable held by estate planning vehicles for which he serves as investment manager. | |
(b) | The information from the response in subpart (a) of this section is incorporated by reference herein. | |
(c) | Except as described in Item 3 of this Amendment No. 2, the Reporting Persons have not engaged in any transaction involving securities of the Issuer since the filing of Amendment No. 1. | |
(d) | This Item 5(d) is not applicable. | |
(e) | On September 19, 2025, Mr. Leuschen and Mr. Lapeyre ceased to be the beneficial owners of more than five percent of the Common Stock. | |
Item 7. | Material to be Filed as Exhibits. | |
11 Joint Filing Agreement, dated February 28, 2023, among Decarbonization Plus Acquisition Sponsor III LLC, Decarbonization Plus Acquisition Sponsor Manager III, LLC, Riverstone Holdings LLC, Pierre F. Lapeyre, Jr. and David M. Leuschen (filed as Exhibit 2 to the Schedule 13D filed on March 1, 2023 and incorporated herein by reference).
12 Power of Attorney, dated August 21, 2025, granted by Pierre F. Lapeyre, Jr. (filed as Exhibit 8 to the Schedule 13D filed on August 21, 2025 and incorporated herein by reference).
13 Power of Attorney, dated August 21, 2025, granted by David M. Leuschen (filed as Exhibit 9 to the Schedule 13D filed on August 21, 2025 and incorporated herein by reference). |
SIGNATURE | |
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
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