nLIGHT Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update, Financial Statements and Exhibits
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FORM 8-K
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Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 10, 2025
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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On June 10, 2025, Mr. Douglas Carlisle submitted his resignation from the board of directors (the “Board”) of nLIGHT, Inc. (the “Company”), including as member of the Board’s Audit Committee and as member of the Board’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Mr. Carlisle’s resignation from the Board became effective on June 12, 2025. Mr. Carlisle’s resignation was not the result of any disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to the Company’s operations, policies or practices.
In connection with Mr. Carlisle’s resignation, on June 12, 2025, the Board, upon recommendation from the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board, appointed Mark Hartman as a Class III director, with a term expiring at the Company’s 2027 annual meeting of stockholders. The Board has also appointed Mr. Hartman as a member of the Board’s Audit Committee.
Mark Hartman, 51, is a retired Chief Financial Officer from Woodward Inc. (Nasdaq: WWD), a publicly traded global leader in the design, manufacture, and service of energy conversion and control solutions for the aerospace and industrial equipment markets. Mr. Hartman spent 16 years at Woodward, beginning in 2007 as the Vice President Corporate Controller and held multiple senior finance roles before his promotion to Chief Financial Officer in 2021.
Mr. Hartman started his career in 1995 in the audit practice of Arthur Andersen and then transferred to the business consulting practice, finishing as a Manager in 2001. In 2002, he joined Advanced Energy Industries, a publicly traded power conversion company serving the semiconductor industry, as the Director of Accounting Services and also served as the interim Chief Financial Officer from 2005 to 2006. Mr. Hartman is a retired CPA, earned his MBA from Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management and his BBA in accounting from Western Michigan University.
No arrangement or understanding exists between Mr. Hartman and any other person pursuant to which he was selected as a director. Furthermore, there are no transactions between Mr. Hartman or any member of his immediate family, on the one hand, and the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on the other hand, that require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
Mr. Hartman will be compensated in accordance with the Company’s standard compensation policies and practices for the Board, the components of which were disclosed in the Company’s proxy statement for its 2025 annual meeting of stockholders filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 25, 2025, in the section titled “Outside Director Compensation Policy.” In addition, the Company will enter into its standard form of indemnification agreement with Mr. Hartman.
A copy of the press release announcing Mr. Hartman’s appointment to the Board is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
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| Press Release dated June 13, 2025 | ||||||||
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| NLIGHT, INC. | ||||||||||||||
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| Date: | June 13, 2025 | |||||||||||||
| By: | /s/ JOSEPH CORSO | |||||||||||||
| Joseph Corso | ||||||||||||||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||||||||