---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-044778"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "QS"
cik: "0001811414"
company_name: "QuantumScape Corp"
filed_at: "2026-02-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T03:38:27.630727+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Co-founder Fritz Prinz retires from QuantumScape board effective Feb 4

## Summary
- Prof. Dr. Fritz Prinz, co-founder and director since 2010, retired from the Board on February 4, 2026.
- Retirement not due to any disagreement with the Company on operations, policies, or practices.
- No replacement director announced; board size reduced by one.
- Prinz played a key role in the Company's founding and solid-state battery technology development.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-044778
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: QS
- cik: 0001811414
- company_name: QuantumScape Corp
- filed_at: 2026-02-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1811414/000119312526044778/0001193125-26-044778-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1811414/000119312526044778/qs-20260204.htm

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