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): ~~January~~February 2904, 2026

QuantumScape Corporation

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)


Delaware	001-39345	85-0796578
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

1730 Technology Drive
San Jose, California		95110
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

     Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: 408 452-2000

    

N/A

(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 Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

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

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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 ~~January~~February 294, 2026, ~~Geoffrey~~Prof. ~~Ribar~~Dr. ~~was~~Fritz ~~appointed~~Prinz tonotified the ~~Board~~board of ~~Directors~~directors (the “Board”) of QuantumScape Corporation (the “Company”), toof ~~serve~~his asretirement afrom ~~director~~the ~~with~~Board, aeffective ~~term~~as of ~~office~~such ~~expiring~~date. atProf. ~~the~~Dr. ~~Company’s~~Prinz ~~next~~has ~~annual~~served ~~meeting~~as ofa ~~stockholders.~~director Noof ~~committee~~the ~~appointments~~Company ~~for~~since ~~Mr.~~he ~~Ribar~~co-founded ~~have~~the ~~been~~Company ~~made~~in ~~at this time~~2010.

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In accordance with the Company’s Amended and Restated Outside Director Compensation Policy (the “Director Compensation Policy”), Mr. Ribar 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, Mr. Ribar will receive $80,000 in annual cash compensation for service on the Board. Mr. Ribar was granted an initial equity award of 29,878 restricted stock units, which will vest one-twelfth quarterly over three years starting May 15, 2026, subject to Mr. Ribar’s continued service through each vesting date in accordance with the Director Compensation Policy, and a pro-rated annual equity award of 6,224 restricted stock units, which will vest in full on the earlier of the one-year anniversary of the grant date or the day before the Company's next annual meeting of stockholders, subject to Mr. Ribar’s continued service through such vesting date in accordance with the Director Compensation Policy.

There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Ribar and any other persons pursuant to which Mr. Ribar was appointed a director of the Company. There are no family relationships between each of Mr. Ribar and any other director or executive officer of the Company.

The Company will enter into its standard form of indemnification agreement with Mr. Ribar, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.7 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 2, 2020. Other than the indemnification agreement, Mr. Ribar does not have any 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.

The foregoing description of the terms of the Director Compensation Policy does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Director Compensation Policy, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.30 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024.

SIGNATURES

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.

			QuantumScape Corporation
Date:	~~January~~February 3010, 2026	By:	/s/ Michael McCarthy
			Name: Michael McCarthyTitle: Chief Legal Officer and Head of Corporate Development

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