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Your Vote Counts! *Please check the meeting materials for any special requirements for meeting attendance. Smartphone users Point your camera here and vote without entering a control number For complete information and to vote, visit www.ProxyVote.com Control # V29908-P02635 FUELCELL ENERGY, INC. 2024 Annual Meeting Vote by April 3, 2024 11:59 PM ET You invested in FUELCELL ENERGY, INC. and it’s time to vote! You have the right to vote on proposals being presented at the Annual Meeting. This is an important notice regarding the availability of proxy material for the stockholder meeting to be held on April 4, 2024. Vote Virtually at the Meeting* April 4, 2024 1:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time Virtually at: www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/FCEL2024 Get informed before you vote View the Notice, Proxy Statement and Annual Report online OR you can receive a free paper or email copy of the material(s) by requesting prior to March 21, 2024. If you would like to request a copy of the material(s) for this and/or future stockholder meetings, you may (1) visit www.ProxyVote.com, (2) call 1-800-579-1639 or (3) send an email to sendmaterial@proxyvote.com. If sending an email, please include your control number (indicated below) in the subject line. Unless requested, you will not otherwise receive a paper or email copy. FUELCELL ENERGY, INC. 3 GREAT PASTURE ROAD DANBURY, CT 06810 ATTN: CORPORATE SECRETARY

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Vote at www.ProxyVote.com Prefer to receive an email instead? While voting on www.ProxyVote.com, be sure to click “Delivery Settings”. Voting Items Board Recommends V29909-P02635 THIS IS NOT A VOTABLE BALLOT This is an overview of the proposals being presented at the upcoming stockholder meeting. You cannot use this notice to vote these shares. This communication presents only an overview of the more complete proxy materials that are available to you on the Internet. You may view the proxy materials online at www.proxyvote.com or easily request a paper copy (see reverse side). We encourage you to access and review all of the important information contained in the proxy materials before voting. 1. To elect seven directors to serve until the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified Nominees: 1a. James H. England For 1b. Jason Few For 1c. Matthew F. Hilzinger For 1d. Natica von Althann For 1e. Cynthia Hansen For 1f. Donna Sims Wilson For 1g. Betsy Bingham For 2. To ratify the selection of KPMG LLP as FuelCell Energy, Inc.’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2024 For 3. To approve the amendment and restatement of the FuelCell Energy, Inc. Third Amended and Restated 2018 Omnibus Incentive Plan For 4. To approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of FuelCell Energy, Inc.’s named executive officers as set forth in the “Executive Compensation” section of the Proxy Statement For NOTE: To transact such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting or any adjournment thereof.