---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-060846"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PLUG"
cik: "0001093691"
company_name: "PLUG POWER INC"
filed_at: "2023-05-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T00:33:41.720281+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Lucas P. Schneider not standing for reelection at Plug Power's 2023 annual meeting

## Summary
- Schneider, a Class III director since March 2017, will not stand for reelection at the 2023 annual meeting.
- He will continue on the Board and Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee until his term ends at the meeting.
- Departure is not due to any disagreement with the Company on operations, policies, or practices.
- Company expressed gratitude for Schneider's contributions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-060846
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PLUG
- cik: 0001093691
- company_name: PLUG POWER INC
- filed_at: 2023-05-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1093691/000110465923060846/0001104659-23-060846-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1093691/000110465923060846/tm232164d7_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-060846.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Lucas P. Schneider departed as Class III director at PLUG POWER INC.
  - Action: not standing for reelection
  - Role: Class III director
  source text: On May 10, 2023, Lucas P. Schneider, a Class III director on the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Plug Power, Inc. (the “Company”), and a member of the Board’s Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, notified the Company of his decision not to stand for reelection at the Company’s 2023 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1093691/000110465923060846/0001104659-23-060846-index.htm

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