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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001641172-25-026230"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BLNK"
cik: "0001429764"
company_name: "Blink Charging Co."
filed_at: "2025-09-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T08:48:28.604367+00:00"
event_type: "litigation"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Blink Charging derivative suit settlement gets preliminary OK; governance reforms, $553,750 fees

## Summary
- Preliminary approval granted Aug 15, 2025; final fairness hearing set for Oct 27, 2025 in Clark County, NV.
- Company to adopt and maintain corporate governance reforms for at least 4 years.
- Insurer to pay $553,750 in attorneys' fees and expenses; up to $2,000 service awards per plaintiff.
- Director defendants make no payment and deny all allegations of wrongdoing or liability.
- Derivative suits related to 2020-2022 statements; underlying securities class action settled Oct 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001641172-25-026230
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BLNK
- cik: 0001429764
- company_name: Blink Charging Co.
- filed_at: 2025-09-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: litigation
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1429764/000164117225026230/0001641172-25-026230-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1429764/000164117225026230/form8-k.htm

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