---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000947871-23-000112"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LIDR"
cik: "0001818644"
company_name: "AEye, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-02-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T04:03:38.780249+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AEye names Matt Fisch as CEO effective Feb 13, 2023; Blair LaCorte resigns

## Summary
- Matthew Fisch appointed CEO and board member effective Feb 13, 2023.
- Fisch receives $500k base salary, $500k sign-on bonus, and 7M RSUs (5M service-based, 2M performance-based).
- Performance-based RSUs vest if LIDR stock closes at $1.20+ for 10 consecutive days before March 1, 2024.
- Outgoing CEO Blair LaCorte resigns effective Feb 13, stays as Senior Advisor through Mar 1, then joins Advisory Board.
- LaCorte receives $50k payment, COBRA through Dec 2023, and acceleration of ~276k RSUs.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000947871-23-000112
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LIDR
- cik: 0001818644
- company_name: AEye, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-02-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1818644/000094787123000112/0000947871-23-000112-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1818644/000094787123000112/ss1717887_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000947871-23-000112
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000947871-23-000112.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000947871-23-000112.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Matthew Fisch was appointed as Director at AEye, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: Matthew Fisch, age 54, has been appointed as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (the “CEO”) and a member of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), effective as of February 13, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1818644/000094787123000112/0000947871-23-000112-index.htm
- Executive change
  Matthew Fisch was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at AEye, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Matthew Fisch, age 54, has been appointed as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (the “CEO”) and a member of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), effective as of February 13, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1818644/000094787123000112/0000947871-23-000112-index.htm
- Executive change
  Blair LaCorte resigned as Chief Executive Officer at AEye, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Blair LaCorte, the Company’s current CEO, provided written notice to the Board
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1818644/000094787123000112/0000947871-23-000112-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.