secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     QuantumScape Corp (QS)
CIK:        0001811414
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-03-05T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-092692
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.35
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

QuantumScape appoints defense sector veteran Ross Niebergall to board
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- Ross Niebergall appointed to QuantumScape board on March 4, 2026; term expires at next annual meeting.
- Former President of Aerojet Rocketdyne at L3Harris (2023–2025) and CTO of L3Harris/Harris; also served on V2X board.
- Initial equity award: 40,973 RSUs vesting quarterly over 3 years starting May 15, 2026; annual cash compensation $80,000.
- Pro-rata annual equity award: 6,402 RSUs vesting on earlier of 1-year anniversary or day before next annual meeting.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1811414/000119312526092692/0001193125-26-092692-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1811414/000119312526092692/qs-20260304.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-092692

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