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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001564590-20-025844
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20200511
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
FILED AS OF DATE:		20200515
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20200515

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FUELCELL ENERGY INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000886128
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	MISCELLANEOUS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES [3690]
		IRS NUMBER:				060853042
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1031

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-14204
		FILM NUMBER:		20885863

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3 GREAT PASTURE RD
		CITY:			DANBURY
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06813
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2038256000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3 GREAT PASTURE ROAD
		CITY:			DANBURY
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06813

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ENERGY RESEARCH CORP /NY/
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19930328
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-style:italic;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Board Member Payment Deferrals</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">As previously announced in the Definitive Proxy Statement filed by FuelCell Energy, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) on February 24, 2020, given the extraordinary level of activity of the Company&#8217;s Board of Directors (the &#8220;Board&#8221;) during fiscal 2019 as the Company worked to restructure its management team and operations and the 56 Board meetings and 27 separate Board committee meetings held during fiscal 2019, the Compensation Committee of the Board determined to provide each current non-employee Director who served as a non-employee Director as of October 31, 2019 with a one-time cash payment of $45,000.&nbsp;&nbsp;As part of the efforts by the Company to mitigate the financial and operational impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, on May 11, 2020, the Compensation Committee of the Board and the Directors determined to defer such $45,000 payments, and such deferral is expected to be in effect for at least three months, at which time the Company and the Directors will determine whether and when it is reasonable to pay such deferred amounts (subject to the requirements of applicable tax rules on nonqualified deferred compensation). </p>
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