---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-025805"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PLUG"
cik: "0001093691"
company_name: "PLUG POWER INC"
filed_at: "2026-03-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T15:28:15.059939+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Plug Power appoints CEO Jose Luis Crespo as Class III director

## Summary
- Jose Luis Crespo joined the Board as a Class III director effective March 4, 2026.
- Crespo is currently CEO and President; previously served as Chief Revenue Officer since Nov 2024.
- No additional compensation for director role; existing CEO arrangements unchanged.
- Term runs until the 2026 annual stockholders meeting or until successor elected.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-025805
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PLUG
- cik: 0001093691
- company_name: PLUG POWER INC
- filed_at: 2026-03-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1093691/000110465926025805/0001104659-26-025805-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1093691/000110465926025805/tm268422d1_8k.htm

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