secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     QuantumScape Corp (QS)
CIK:        0001811414
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-02-10T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-044778
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.45
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1811414/000119312526044778/0001193125-26-044778-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1811414/000119312526044778/qs-20260204.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-044778

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