# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001811414
**File Stem:** 0001193125-26-259632
**Filing Date:** 2026-6
**Character Count:** 6840
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-26-259632.hdr.sgml**: 20260605

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-26-259632

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 9

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20260603

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260605

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260605

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** QuantumScape Corp
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001811414
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** MISCELLANEOUS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES [3690]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 04 Manufacturing
- **EIN:** 850796578
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-39345
- **FILM NUMBER:** 261069382

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1730 TECHNOLOGY DRIVE
- **CITY:** SAN JOSE
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 95110
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** (408) 452-2000

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1730 TECHNOLOGY DRIVE
- **CITY:** SAN JOSE
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 95110

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** Kensington Capital Acquisition Corp.
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20200505

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**UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549**

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## FORM 8-K

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**CURRENT REPORT**

**Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934**

**Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):** June 03, 2026<br>

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QuantumScape Corporation

**(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)**

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| Delaware | 001-39345 | 85-0796578 |
| **(State or Other Jurisdiction<br>of Incorporation)** | **(Commission File Number)** | **(IRS Employer<br>Identification No.)** |
| 1730 Technology Drive |  |  |
| San Jose**,** California |  | 95110 |
| **(Address of Principal Executive Offices)** |  | **(Zip Code)** |

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**Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code:** 408 452-2000<br>

N/A<br>

**(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)**

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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

☐Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

**Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:**

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| **<br>Title of each class** | **Trading<br>Symbol(s)** | **<br>Name of each exchange on which registered** |
| Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share | QS | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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## Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting") of QuantumScape Corporation (the "Company") was held on June 3, 2026. Present at the Annual Meeting in person or by proxy were holders of 358,839,991 shares of the Company's Class A common stock and 36,800,264 shares of the Company's Class B common stock, collectively representing 726,842,631 votes and 76.8% of the voting power of the shares of the Company's common stock as of April 9, 2026, the record date for the Annual Meeting, and constituting a quorum for the transaction of business. The matters that were voted upon at the Annual Meeting, and the number of votes cast for, against or withheld, as well as the number of abstentions and broker non-votes as to each such matter, where applicable, are set forth below.

Each share of Class A common stock was entitled to one vote on each proposal and each share of Class B common stock was entitled to ten votes on each proposal. The Class A common stock and Class B common stock voted as a single class on all matters.

At the Annual Meeting, the Company's stockholders: (1) elected the Company's nominees for directors; (2) ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026; and (3) approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers.

**Proposal 1** – Election of ten directors to serve until the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders:

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| **Director**<br>| **Votes For** | **Votes Withheld** | **Broker Non-Votes** |
| Brad Buss | 565041367 | 4900058 | 156901206 |
| Jeneanne Hanley | 564833840 | 5107585 | 156901206 |
| Dr. Gena C. Lovett  | 532333045 | 37608380 | 156901206 |
| Dr. Günther Mendl | 567762930 | 2178495 | 156901206 |
| Dr. Ross Niebergall | 568235104 | 1706321 | 156901206 |
| Geoffrey Ribar | 568176229 | 1765196 | 156901206 |
| Dipender Saluja | 538303962 | 31637463 | 156901206 |
| Sebastian Schebera | 541114753 | 28826672 | 156901206 |
| Dennis Segers | 567360975 | 2580450 | 156901206 |
| Dr. Siva Sivaram | 567736740 | 2204685 | 156901206 |

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**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:

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| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions |
| 720,667,490 | 4,190,393 | 1,984,748 |

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**Proposal 3** – Approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company's named executive officers:

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| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes |
| 559,002,144 | 8,698,731 | 2,240,550 | 156,901,206 |

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**SIGNATURES**

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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|  |  |  | QuantumScape Corporation |
| Date: | June 5, 2026 | By:  | /s/ Michael McCarthy |
|  |  |  | Name: Michael McCarthy<br>Title: Chief Legal Officer and Head of Corporate Development |

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