---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001868941-23-000063"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FLNC"
cik: "0001868941"
company_name: "Fluence Energy, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-08-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T07:07:37.965011+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Fluence Energy appoints Michelle Philpot as Chief Accounting Officer, effective Aug 15

## Summary
- Philpot replaces Amrita Chatterjee as principal accounting officer as of Aug 15, 2023.
- Base salary of $345,000; target annual cash bonus of 35% of base salary for FY2024.
- One-time sign-on cash bonus of $160,000 paid in two installments; repayable if she leaves voluntarily within two years.
- Long-term incentive award valued at $414,000 ($150k annual grant + $264k new hire RSUs).
- Philpot previously served as Chief Accounting Officer at Sunrun Inc. (Nasdaq: RUN).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001868941-23-000063
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FLNC
- cik: 0001868941
- company_name: Fluence Energy, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-08-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1868941/000186894123000063/0001868941-23-000063-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1868941/000186894123000063/flnc-20230814.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001868941-23-000063
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001868941-23-000063.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Amrita Chatterjee departed as Chief Accounting Officer at Fluence Energy, Inc..
  - Action: replaced
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: replacing Amrita Chatterjee effective as of 12:00 a.m. on August 15, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1868941/000186894123000063/0001868941-23-000063-index.htm
- Executive change
  Michelle Philpot was appointed as Chief Accounting Officer at Fluence Energy, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On August 14, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Fluence Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Michelle Philpot as the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer, replacing Amrita Chatterjee effective as of 12:00 a.m. on August 15, 2023 (the “Effective Time”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1868941/000186894123000063/0001868941-23-000063-index.htm

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