---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-23-015633"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BLNK"
cik: "0001429764"
company_name: "Blink Charging Co."
filed_at: "2023-05-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T16:23:40.704882+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Blink Charging appoints Brendan Jones as CEO; founder Michael Farkas resigns as CEO but remains on board

## Summary
- Brendan Jones promoted from President to CEO effective May 1, 2023; he joined Blink in April 2020 as COO.
- New employment agreement: $775,000 base salary, $150,000 signing bonus (50% cash at start, 50% at one year), target cash bonus and equity each at 60% of base.
- Under Jones' tenure as COO/President, Blink grew from 42 to over 625 employees and expanded to 27 countries.
- Severance: 1.5x base + target bonus on termination without cause; 3x multiplier on change in control with immediate equity vesting.
- Founder Michael D. Farkas resigned as CEO but remains as a member of the Board of Directors; non-solicit/non-compete for 12 months.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-23-015633
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BLNK
- cik: 0001429764
- company_name: Blink Charging Co.
- filed_at: 2023-05-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1429764/000149315223015633/0001493152-23-015633-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1429764/000149315223015633/form8-k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michael D. Farkas resigned as Chief Executive Officer at Blink Charging Co..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: The employment of Michael D. Farkas, the Chief Executive Officer of the Company ended on May 1, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1429764/000149315223015633/0001493152-23-015633-index.htm
- Executive change
  Brendan S. Jones was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at Blink Charging Co..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Effective as of May 1, 2023, Brendan S. Jones, the current President of the Company, was appointed by the Company’s Board of Directors to assume the duties and additional position as Chief Executive Officer of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1429764/000149315223015633/0001493152-23-015633-index.htm

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