Fluence Energy, Inc 8-K, filed Mar 16, 2026
Fluence Energy, Inc. (FLNC)
8-K
2026-03-16
For: 2026-03-12
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About this 8-K
Fluence Energy, Inc filed this 8-K on March 16, 2026, reporting on events of March 12, 2026.
Items reported
- Item 5.02: Director or officer change, or executive pay
- Item 5.07: Shareholder vote results
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 12, 2026
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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
As noted below under Item 5.07, at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Fluence Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) held on March 12, 2026, the Company’s stockholders, upon the recommendation of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”), approved the amendment and restatement of the Company’s 2021 Incentive Award Plan (the “Incentive Plan”), which increased the number of shares of the Company's Class A common stock available for issuance by 6,700,000 shares and extended the term of the Incentive Plan to January 20, 2036.
A more detailed description of the material terms of the Incentive Plan is included in Proposal 4 of the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on January 26, 2026 (the “Proxy Statement”), and such description is hereby incorporated by reference herein. The foregoing and the summary in the Proxy Statement is not a complete summary of the terms of the Incentive Plan and is qualified by reference to the text of the Incentive Plan, which is included as Exhibit 99.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the SEC on March 12, 2026 and is incorporated by reference herein.
Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On March 12, 2026, the Company held its Annual Meeting. As of the close of business on January 13, 2026, the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 132,276,738 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock outstanding, 51,499,195 shares of the Company’s Class B-1 common stock outstanding, and no shares of the Company’s Class B-2 common stock outstanding (collectively “the Common Stock”). Each share of the Company’s Class A common stock is entitled to one vote per share, and each share of the Company’s Class B-1 common stock is entitled to five votes per share. Accordingly, as of the record date, there were a total of 389,772,713 votes available to be cast. At the Annual Meeting, the holders of 351,998,526 votes of the Common Stock were represented in person or by proxy, constituting a quorum. The following are the voting results for the proposals considered and voted upon at the Annual Meeting, each of which were described in the Company's Proxy Statement.
Proposal 1 — Election of Directors
The Company's stockholders elected the twelve director nominees to serve on the Board for a one year term expiring on the date of our annual meeting of stockholders in 2027 and until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified, by the votes indicated below:
| Nominee | Votes For | Votes Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||
| Fahad Al-Darwish | 325,332,774 | 14,327,032 | 12,338,720 | ||||||||
| Cynthia Arnold | 333,705,264 | 5,954,542 | 12,338,720 | ||||||||
| Herman Bulls | 322,653,336 | 17,006,470 | 12,338,720 | ||||||||
| Ricardo Falú | 313,211,889 | 26,447,917 | 12,338,720 | ||||||||
| Elizabeth Fessenden | 339,026,549 | 633,257 | 12,338,720 | ||||||||
| Ruth Gratzke | 319,496,976 | 20,162,830 | 12,338,720 | ||||||||
| Harald von Heynitz | 333,038,792 | 6,621,014 | 12,338,720 | ||||||||
| Peter Chi-Shun Luk | 325,276,570 | 14,383,236 | 12,338,720 | ||||||||
| Axel Meier | 319,528,507 | 20,131,299 | 12,338,720 | ||||||||
| Letitia ("Tish") Mendoza | 319,455,346 | 20,204,460 | 12,338,720 | ||||||||
| Julian Nebreda | 328,213,945 | 11,445,861 | 12,338,720 | ||||||||
| John Christopher ("Chris") Shelton | 325,250,401 | 14,409,405 | 12,338,720 | ||||||||
Proposal 2 — Ratification of Auditors
The proposal to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026 was approved by the votes indicated below. There were no broker non-votes on this proposal.
| Votes For | Votes Against | Votes Abstained | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||
| 351,450,470 | 501,261 | 46,795 | — | ||||||||
Proposal 3 - Advisory Vote on the Compensation of Named Executive Officers
The stockholders approved a resolution, through a non-binding advisory vote, to approve the compensation of the Company's named executive officers as described in the Company's Proxy Statement as follows:
| Votes For | Votes Against | Votes Abstained | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||
| 336,697,114 | 2,871,667 | 91,025 | 12,338,720 | ||||||||
Proposal 4 - Approval of the Amendment and Restatement of the Company's 2021 Incentive Award Plan
The proposal to approve the amendment and restatement of the Company's 2021 Incentive Award Plan was approved by the Company's stockholders by the votes indicated below.
| Votes For | Votes Against | Votes Abstained | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||
| 337,751,354 | 1,804,045 | 104,407 | 12,338,720 | ||||||||
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.
| FLUENCE ENERGY, INC. | ||||||||
Date: March 16, 2026 | By: | /s/ Ahmed Pasha | ||||||
| Ahmed Pasha | ||||||||
| Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||