<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001104659-23-066660.txt : 20230531
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-23-066660
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20230518
FILED AS OF DATE:		20230531
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20230531

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MIDDLETON PAUL B
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001224978

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-34392
		FILM NUMBER:		23981723

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		PLUG POWER INC.
		STREET 2:		968 ALBANY SHAKER RD.
		CITY:			LATHAM
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			12110

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			PLUG POWER INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001093691
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRICAL INDUSTRIAL APPARATUS [3620]
		IRS NUMBER:				223672377
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		968 ALBANY-SHAKER ROAD
		CITY:			LATHAM
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			12110
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5187827700

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		968 ALBANY-SHAKER ROAD
		CITY:			LATHAM
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			12110
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        <issuerName>PLUG POWER INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>PLUG</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>MIDDLETON PAUL B</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O PLUG POWER INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>968 ALBANY SHAKER ROAD</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>LATHAM</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>12110</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>CFO &amp; EVP</officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
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    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Performance Stock Option (Right to Buy)</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>7.87</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2023-05-18</value>
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                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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            <transactionTimeliness></transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>750000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Awarded pursuant to Plug Power Inc.'s 2021 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, as amended.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Up to one-third (1/3) of the shares underlying the performance stock options will vest and become exercisable on each of the first three anniversaries of the grant date, provided that the daily volume weighted average price (&quot;VWAP&quot;) of the Company's common stock during any 30 consecutive trading day period in the three year performance period following the grant date of the stock options equals or exceeds certain levels.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">One-third (1/3) of the shares underlying the performance stock options will be deemed to have satisfied the performance-based vesting and will be eligible to vest over time if the VWAP during any 30 consecutive trading day period equals $9.84; an additional one-third (1/3) of the shares underlying the options will be deemed to have satisfied the performance-based vesting and will be eligible to vest over time if the VWAP during any 30 consecutive trading day period equals $11.81; and the remaining one-third (1/3) of the shares underlying the options will be deemed to have satisfied the performance-based vesting and will be eligible to vest over time if the VWAP during any 30 consecutive trading day period equals or exceeds $13.77.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">There will be no interpolation for the performance stock option if the VWAP falls between any two stock price hurdles. Failure to achieve any of the stock price hurdles applicable to a performance stock option during the three-year performance period will result in applicable options being un-exercisable. The performance-based stock options have a maximum term of seven years from the grant date.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Gerard L. Conway, Jr., Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2023-05-31</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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