- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By 
Kyle Brasseur2023-08-31T18:46:00
Plug Power, a New York-based provider of green hydrogen and hydrogen fuel cell systems, was fined $1.25 million as part of a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over alleged accounting failures that the company agreed to fully remediate within one year or face an additional penalty.
Plug Power will be fined another $5 million should it not resolve material weaknesses it uncovered in its internal control over financial reporting (ICFR) upon restating previous annual and quarterly reports to address certain financial reporting and accounting errors, the SEC said in an administrative proceeding published Wednesday.
The company must also remedy deficiencies in its disclosure controls and procedures (DCP), the agency added.
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