{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001104659-22-128869","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"SLDP","cik":"0001844862","company_name":"Solid Power, Inc.","filed_at":"2022-12-21T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:03:52.685907+00:00","generated_at":"2026-06-21T01:04:40.513896+00:00","sec_items":["1.01","9.01"],"event_type":"other_material","sentiment":"positive","materiality_score":0.8,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.8,"confidence":"high","headline":"Solid Power licenses battery cell IP to BMW in $20M expanded JDA","bullets":["BMW granted R&D-only license to Solid Power's all-solid-state cell design and manufacturing know-how.","BMW to pay $20 million between December 2022 and June 2024, subject to achieving milestones.","BMW plans to replicate Solid Power's pilot production line at its facility in Germany for prototype cells.","Solid Power expects to supply sulfide-based solid electrolyte to BMW for prototype line starting 2024.","Intellectual property developed jointly at Solid Power's facilities will be solely owned by Solid Power."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-128869","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-128869.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-128869.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-128869.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1844862/000110465922128869/0001104659-22-128869-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1844862/000110465922128869/tm2233092d1_8k.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-06-21T01:04:40.513896+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"587c6107b6d663efce1779575a0ae450c8012463","claim":"Solid Power, Inc. amended Amendment No. 4 with BMW of North America, LLC (together with its affiliates, “BMW”) valued at $20 million between December 2022 and June 2024 (effective 2022-12-20).","evidence_excerpt":"On December 20, 2022, Solid Power Operating, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Solid Power, Inc. (collectively, the “ Company ”), and BMW of North America, LLC (together with its affiliates, “ BMW ”) entered into Amendment No. 4 (“ Amendment No. 4 ”) to the Joint Development Agreement, dated July 1, 2017. Pursuant to the terms of Amendment No. 4, the Company granted BMW a research and development-only license to certain of the Company’s intellectual property relating to all-solid-state battery cell manufacturing (the “ R&D License ”). The R&D License allows, among other things, BMW to install a solid state prototype cell manufacturing line based upon Solid Power’s proprietary information. The R&D License is limited to BMW’s research and development activities and may not be used for commercial battery cell production. In consideration of the R&D License and additional development activities contemplated by Amendment No. 4, BMW will pay the Company $20 million between December 2022 and","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 1.01/1.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1844862/000110465922128869/0001104659-22-128869-index.htm","confidence":1.0,"family_label":"Material Agreements","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"amendment"},{"label":"Agreement","value":"collaboration"},{"label":"Counterparty","value":"BMW of North America, LLC (together with its affiliates, “BMW”)"},{"label":"Value","value":"$20 million between December 2022 and June 2024"},{"label":"Effective","value":"2022-12-20"}],"fact_type":"material_agreement"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}