---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-122877"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SLDP"
cik: "0001844862"
company_name: "Solid Power, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-11-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T12:26:37.610414+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Solid Power CEO Douglas Campbell retires; Chair David Jansen named Interim CEO

## Summary
- Douglas Campbell retired as CEO and director effective Nov 29, 2022; not due to any disagreement.
- David Jansen, Chair and President, appointed Interim CEO; base salary $432k, eligible for $300k transition award.
- Board has commenced a comprehensive search for a permanent CEO with an independent executive search firm.
- Retention agreements for CTO, COO, CLO, CFO: each eligible for retention bonus of 1x annual base salary, vesting on 1st anniversary of new CEO.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-122877
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SLDP
- cik: 0001844862
- company_name: Solid Power, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-11-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1844862/000110465922122877/0001104659-22-122877-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1844862/000110465922122877/tm2230910d3_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-122877
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-122877.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-122877.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  David Jansen was appointed as Interim Chief Executive Officer at Solid Power, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On November 29, 2022, the Company announced that David Jansen, the Company’s Chair and President, has been appointed Interim CEO, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1844862/000110465922122877/0001104659-22-122877-index.htm
- Executive change
  Douglas Campbell resigned as Chief Executive Officer at Solid Power, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On November 28, 2022, Douglas Campbell provided notice to Solid Power, Inc. (the “ Company ”) that he has decided to retire from his role as Chief Executive Officer of the Company (the “ CEO ”) and as a member of the Board of Directors (the “ Board ”), effective as of November 29, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1844862/000110465922122877/0001104659-22-122877-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.