Current Report Filing (8-k)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): July 18, 2022

Solid Power, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware		001-40284		86-1888095
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

486 S. Pierce Avenue, Suite E

Louisville, Colorado

80027

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip code)

(303) 219-0720

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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

Title of each class

Trading
Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Common stock, par value $0.0001 per share

SLDP

The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one share of common stock at an exercise price of $11.50

SLDPW

The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

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) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2).

Emerging growth company x

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. ¨

Item 5.02

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Effective on July 18, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Solid Power, Inc. (the “Company”) increased the size of the Board from eight directors to nine directors and filled the newly created vacancy by appointing MaryAnn Wright as a director of the Company. The Board designated Ms. Wright as a Class II director, to serve until the Company’s 2023 annual meeting of stockholders. Ms. Wright was also appointed to the Compensation Committee of the Board.

Ms. Wright will be compensated in accordance with the Company’s outside director compensation policy, which has previously been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). In addition, the Company and Ms. Wright entered into the Company’s standard indemnification agreement, the form of which has previously been filed with the SEC.

There have been no transactions with the Company and there are currently no proposed transactions with the Company that would be required to be disclosed under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. No arrangement or understanding exists between Ms. Wright and any other person pursuant to which Ms. Wright was selected as a director of the Company.

Item 8.01

Other Events.

On July 18, 2022, the Company issued a press release announcing Ms. Wright’s appointment to the Board. The full text of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. Internet addresses in the press release are for informational purposes only and are not intended to be hyperlinks to other information of the Company.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

See the Exhibit index below, which is incorporated herein by reference.

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press Release, dated July 18, 2022.
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

SIGNATURE

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.

Dated: July 18, 2022