{"url_path":"/sec/blnk/8-k/2026-07-21/item-5-02","section_key":"item-5-02","section_title":"Item 5.02 ****Departure","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-07-21","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1429764/0001493152-26-034005-index.html","accession_number":"0001493152-26-034005","cik":"0001429764","ticker":"BLNK","issuer_name":"Blink Charging Co.","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1429764/0001493152-26-034005-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001429764","primary_entity_name":"Blink Charging Co."},"word_count":368,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"**Item\n5.02.****Departure\nof Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers;\nCompensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.**\n\n** **\n\nOn\nJuly 19, 2026, Dennis C. Schemm was elected to our Board of Directors effective on that date. Mr. Schemm has more than 25 years of experience\nin finance, with a deep skill set that includes financial risk management, global financial planning and analysis, treasury, audit, capital\nallocation strategies and mergers and acquisitions.\n\n \n\nMr.\nSchemm, age 60, has been the Chief Financial Officer of FOX Factory Holding Corp. (Nasdaq: FOXF), a global leader in the design, engineering\nand manufacturing of premium products for specialty sports and on- and off-road vehicles, since June 2023. Prior to joining FOX Factory,\nMr. Schemm served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Trex Company, Inc., a manufacturer of composite decking\nand railing products, from 2020 and 2023, and was the Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Commercial Lead, Joint Compound\nDivision at Continental Building Products from 2015 to 2020. Mr. Schemm graduated with Bachelor of Science degrees in Accounting and\nComputer Science from Penn State University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Carnegie Mellon University.\n\n \n\nMr.\nSchemm has not participated in any transactions with our company nor are there currently any proposed transactions requiring disclosure\npursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. There is also no arrangement\nor understanding between Mr. Schemm and our company pursuant to which he was elected to our Board of Directors. In addition, there is\nno family relationship between Mr. Schemm and any of our executive officers or other directors.\n\n \n\nOur\nBoard of Directors has determined that Mr. Schemm is “independent,” as independence is defined in the listing rules for the\nNasdaq Stock Market.\n\n \n\nWith\nthe addition of Mr. Schemm, our Board of Directors will consist of five members.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n**SIGNATURE**\n\n \n\nPursuant\nto the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by\nthe undersigned hereunto duly authorized.\n\n \n\n \n**BLINK\nCHARGING CO.**\n\n \n \n \n\nDate:\nJuly 21, 2026\nBy:\n*/s/\nMichael C. Battaglia*\n\n \nName: \nMichael\nC. Battaglia\n\n \nTitle:\nPresident\nand Chief Executive Officer"}