---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-259632"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "QS"
cik: "0001811414"
company_name: "QuantumScape Corp"
filed_at: "2026-06-05T20:18:57+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T20:30:59.090281+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# QuantumScape stockholders elect directors, ratify auditor, approve executive compensation

## Summary
- Ten directors elected to one-year terms; votes for ranged from 532M to 568M (excluding broker non-votes).
- Ernst & Young LLP ratified as independent auditor for FY 2026 with 720.7M votes for.
- Advisory vote on named executive officer compensation approved with 559.0M votes for.
- Meeting held June 3, 2026; quorum of 726.8M votes representing 76.8% voting power.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-259632
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: QS
- cik: 0001811414
- company_name: QuantumScape Corp
- filed_at: 2026-06-05T20:18:57+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1811414/000119312526259632/0001193125-26-259632-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1811414/000119312526259632/qs-20260603.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  QuantumScape Corp shareholders approved Election of ten directors to serve until the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders at the 2026-06-03 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-03
  source text: Proposal 1 – Election of ten directors to serve until the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders: Director Votes For Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes Brad Buss 565,041,367 4,900,058 156,901,206 Jeneanne Hanley 564,833,840 5,107,585 156,901,206 Dr. Gena C. Lovett 532,333,045 37,608,380 156,901,206 Dr. Günther Mendl 567,762,930 2,178,495 156,901,206 Dr. Ross Niebergall 568,235,104 1,706,321 156,901,206 Geoffrey Ribar 568,176,229 1,765,196 156,901,206 Dipender Saluja 538,303,962 31,637,463 156,901,206 Sebastian Schebera 541,114,753 28,826,672 156,901,206 Dennis Segers 567,360,975 2,580,450 156,901,206 Dr. Siva Sivaram 567,736,740 2,204,685 156,901,206
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1811414/000119312526259632/0001193125-26-259632-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  QuantumScape Corp shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026 at the 2026-06-03 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-03
  source text: Proposal 2 – Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions 720,667,490 4,190,393 1,984,748
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1811414/000119312526259632/0001193125-26-259632-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  QuantumScape Corp shareholders approved Approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers at the 2026-06-03 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-03
  source text: Proposal 3 – Approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 559,002,144 8,698,731 2,240,550 156,901,206
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1811414/000119312526259632/0001193125-26-259632-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.