---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-24-034593"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BLNK"
cik: "0001429764"
company_name: "Blink Charging Co."
filed_at: "2024-08-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T06:46:38.148885+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CEO Brendan Jones to retire Jan 31, 2025; COO Michael Battaglia named successor effective Feb 1, 2025

## Summary
- Brendan Jones to retire as President and CEO effective Jan 31, 2025, after 5 years of service.
- Michael Battaglia, current COO, appointed President and CEO effective Feb 1, 2025; joined Blink in 2020.
- Jones remains on Board and as Executive Advisor through July 2025 with $14,583/month salary.
- Battaglia has 25+ years experience; previously VP Sales, SVP Sales & BD, CRO, COO since Sep 2023.
- Succession part of thorough Board planning; press release issued Aug 28, 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-24-034593
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BLNK
- cik: 0001429764
- company_name: Blink Charging Co.
- filed_at: 2024-08-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1429764/000149315224034593/0001493152-24-034593-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1429764/000149315224034593/form8-k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-24-034593
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-24-034593.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-24-034593.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Brendan Jones departed as President and Chief Executive Officer at Blink Charging Co..
  - Action: step down
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Blink Charging Co. (the “Company”) is reporting that Brendan Jones, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, informed the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) on August 27, 2024, that he will step down from his role as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer and will retire from the Company effective January 31, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1429764/000149315224034593/0001493152-24-034593-index.htm
- Executive change
  Michael Battaglia was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer at Blink Charging Co..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: The Company is also reporting that the Board has appointed Michael Battaglia to serve as the successor to Mr. Jones as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer effective February 1, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1429764/000149315224034593/0001493152-24-034593-index.htm

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