8-K

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): April 13, 2021

QuantumScape Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware	001-39345	85-0796578
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
1730 Technology Drive San Jose, California		95110
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip code)

(408) 452-2000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

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

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

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share	QS	The New York Stock Exchange
Redeemable warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one share of Class A common stock at an exercise price of $11.50	QS.WS	The New York Stock Exchange

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) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2).

Emerging growth company   ☒

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 of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

(d) Appointment of New Director

On April 13, 2021, Celina Mikolajczak was appointed to the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of QuantumScape Corporation (the “Company”). Ms. Mikolajczak will serve as a director with a term of office expiring at the Company’s 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”).

Since August 2020, Ms. Mikolajczak has served as Vice President of Engineering and Battery Technology at Panasonic Energy of North America (“PENA”), a battery manufacturer, and as Vice President of Battery Technology from October 2019 to August 2020. Prior to her service at PENA, she served as Director of Engineering, Energy Storage Systems at Uber Technologies, Inc., a transportation technology company, from January 2018 to August 2019, as Senior Manager, Cell Quality and Materials Engineering at Tesla, Inc., a high-performance electric vehicle company, from April 2014 to January 2018, and as Manager, Cell Quality at Tesla from April 2012 to April 2014. Ms. Mikolajczak holds an M.A. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University, and a B.S. in Engineering and Applied Science from the California Institute of Technology.

In accordance with the Company’s Outside Director Compensation Policy (the “Director Compensation Policy”), Ms. Mikolajczak is eligible to participate in the Company’s standard compensation arrangements for non-employee directors which consists of cash and equity compensation for service on the Board. Pursuant to the Director Compensation Policy, Ms. Mikolajczak is entitled to $80,000 in annual cash compensation for service on the Board with additional cash compensation payable for committee service. In addition, Ms. Mikolajczak was granted an initial equity award of 6,194 restricted stock units. These restricted stock units will vest one-twelfth quarterly over three years starting May 15, 2021 and subject to Ms. Mikolajczak’s continued service through each vesting date in accordance with the Director Compensation Policy.

There are no arrangements or understandings between Ms. Mikolajczak and any other persons pursuant to which Ms. Mikolajczak was appointed a director of the Company, and there are no family relationships between Ms. Mikolajczak and any director or executive officer of the Company.

The Company will enter into its standard form of indemnification agreement with Ms. Mikolajczak, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.7 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on December 2, 2020. Other than the indemnification agreement, Ms. Mikolajczak has no direct or indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor are any such transactions currently proposed.

A copy of the news release issued by the Company on April 15, 2021 announcing Ms. Mikolajczak’s appointment to the Board is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	News release of the Company dated April 15, 2021, announcing the appointment of a new director.

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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.

Dated: April 16, 2021

QUANTUMSCAPE CORPORATION
By:	/s/ Michael McCarthy
	Name:	Michael McCarthy
		Chief Legal Officer and Head of Corporate
	Title:	Development

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

Celina Mikolajczak to join QuantumScape Board

April 15, 2021

Brings additional large-scale battery manufacturing expertise

SAN JOSE, Calif. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — QuantumScape Corporation (NYSE: QS, or “QuantumScape”) today announced the appointment of Celina Mikolajczak to its board as an independent director. Ms. Mikolajczak is currently Vice-President of Engineering & Battery Technology at Panasonic Energy of North America and has played an integral role in the development and scale-up of some of the most important battery technologies behind today’s electric vehicle revolution. Prior to joining Panasonic, Ms. Mikolajczak served as Director of Engineering focused on battery development for rideshare vehicles at Uber Technologies. Before that, she worked at Tesla Motors as the Senior Manager for Cell Quality and Materials Engineering, helping to develop the battery cells and packs for Tesla’s Model S, Model X, Model 3, and Roadster Refresh.

“We are thrilled to have Celina join our board at this time,” said Jagdeep Singh, CEO of QuantumScape. “She brings a world-class understanding of high-volume battery manufacturing, and her guidance and expertise will be invaluable as we work to industrialize our ground-breaking solid-state lithium-metal battery technology.”

“I couldn’t be more excited to join the board of QuantumScape,” said Ms. Mikolajczak. “I look forward to helping advance the company through the next stage of growth into high-volume production.”

About QuantumScape Corporation

QuantumScape is a leader in the development of next generation solid-state lithium-metal batteries for use in electric vehicles. The company’s mission is to revolutionize energy storage to enable a sustainable future.

For additional information, please visit www.quantumscape.com.

Forward Looking Statements

The information in this press release includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements, other than statements of present or historical fact included in this press release, including, without limitation, regarding the development, timeline and performance of QuantumScape’s products and technology are forward-looking statements.

These forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results to differ materially from the expected results. Most of these factors are outside QuantumScape’s control and are difficult to predict. Factors that may cause such differences include, but are not limited to the following: (i) QuantumScape faces significant barriers in its attempts to scale from a single layer pouch cell and complete development of its solid-state battery cell and related manufacturing processes, and development may not be successful, (ii) QuantumScape may encounter substantial delays in the development, manufacture, regulatory approval, and launch of QuantumScape solid-state battery cells, which could prevent QuantumScape from commercializing products on a timely basis, if at all, and (iii) QuantumScape may be unable to adequately control the costs of manufacturing its solid-state separator and battery cells. QuantumScape cautions that the foregoing list of factors is not exclusive. Additional information about factors that could materially affect QuantumScape is set forth under the “Risk Factors” section in the registration statement filed by QuantumScape with the SEC on March 25, 2021 and available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

Except as otherwise required by applicable law, QuantumScape disclaims any duty to update any forward-looking statements, all of which are expressly qualified by the statements in this section, to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this press release. Should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results and projections could different materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements.

Contacts:

For Investors

ir@quantumscape.com

For Media

media@quantumscape.com

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