secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     QuantumScape Corp (QS)
CIK:        0001811414
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-02-14T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000950170-24-015280
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

QuantumScape appoints Siva Sivaram as CEO; Jagdeep Singh remains Chairman
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- Dr. Siva Sivaram becomes CEO effective Feb 15, 2024; joined as President in Sept 2023.
- Jagdeep Singh steps down as CEO but continues as Chairman of the Board.
- Sivaram's compensation: $820K base salary, 125% target bonus, $17.2M RSU award (60% performance-based).
- Succession plan initiated by Singh and Board over a year ago; Singh's CEO stock options terminate.
- Sivaram's background: former President at Western Digital; experience scaling manufacturing.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1811414/000095017024015280/0000950170-24-015280-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1811414/000095017024015280/qs-20240208.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-015280

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