---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-027529"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "QS"
cik: "0001811414"
company_name: "QuantumScape Corp"
filed_at: "2023-06-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T03:08:51.931217+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# QuantumScape shareholders elect all 11 director nominees, ratify auditor, approve say-on-pay

## Summary
- Eleven director nominees elected; Jagdeep Singh received 816.6M votes for, Prof. Dr. Jürgen Leohold 804.2M.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as auditor for FY2023 approved with 910.8M for, 2.3M against.
- Non-binding advisory vote on exec compensation approved: 802.4M for, 20.4M against, 2.0M abstain.
- Annual Meeting quorum achieved with 85.15% voting power; 913.9M total votes cast.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-027529
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: QS
- cik: 0001811414
- company_name: QuantumScape Corp
- filed_at: 2023-06-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1811414/000095017023027529/0000950170-23-027529-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1811414/000095017023027529/qs-20230607.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  QuantumScape Corp shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-06-07 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-07
  source text: Proposal 2 – Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions 910,768,549 2,308,758 855,449
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1811414/000095017023027529/0000950170-23-027529-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  QuantumScape Corp shareholders approved Election of eleven directors to serve until the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders at the 2023-06-07 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-07
  source text: Proposal 1 – Election of eleven directors to serve until the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders: Director Votes For Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes Jagdeep Singh 816,553,516 8,312,249 89,066,991 Frank Blome 816,560,724 8,305,041 89,066,991 Brad Buss 814,998,318 9,867,447 89,066,991 Jeneanne Hanley 822,788,610 2,077,155 89,066,991 Susan Huppertz 823,062,791 1,802,974 89,066,991 Prof. Dr. Jürgen Leohold 804,215,239 20,650,526 89,066,991 Dr. Gena Lovett 801,186,842 23,678,923 89,066,991 Prof. Dr. Fritz Prinz 815,863,883 9,001,882 89,066,991 Dipender Saluja 802,720,370 22,145,395 89,066,991 JB Straubel 815,991,444 8,874,321 89,066,991 Jens Wiese 804,361,511 20,504,254 89,066,991
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1811414/000095017023027529/0000950170-23-027529-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  QuantumScape Corp shareholders approved Approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the compensation of the named executive officers at the 2023-06-07 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-07
  source text: Proposal 3 – Approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the compensation of the named executive officers: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 802,446,451 20,402,782 2,016,532 89,066,991
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1811414/000095017023027529/0000950170-23-027529-index.htm

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