---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000947871-23-000616"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LIDR"
cik: "0001818644"
company_name: "AEye, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-05-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T17:28:41.201275+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Carol DiBattiste resigns from AEye board; CEO Matthew Fisch appointed Chairman

## Summary
- Carol DiBattiste resigned as Board Chair and committee member effective May 18, 2023 to join U.S. Government; no disagreement with company.
- Board appointed CEO Matthew Fisch as Chairman of the Board.
- Timothy J. Dunn appointed as lead independent director.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000947871-23-000616
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LIDR
- cik: 0001818644
- company_name: AEye, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-05-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1818644/000094787123000616/0000947871-23-000616-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1818644/000094787123000616/ss2088533_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000947871-23-000616.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Timothy J. Dunn was appointed as Lead Independent Director at AEye, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Lead Independent Director
  source text: and Timothy J. Dunn, as the Company's lead independent director.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1818644/000094787123000616/0000947871-23-000616-index.htm
- Executive change
  Carol DiBattiste resigned as Chairperson of the Board at AEye, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chairperson of the Board
  source text: Carol DiBattiste resigned as a member and Chairperson of the Board of Directors (the “Board”), and the Audit, Compensation, and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees of AEye, Inc. (the “Company”), effective as of May 18, 2023, to accept a position with the U.S. Government.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1818644/000094787123000616/0000947871-23-000616-index.htm
- Executive change
  Matthew Fisch was appointed as Chairman of the Board at AEye, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chairman of the Board
  source text: the Board appointed Matthew Fisch, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, as the Chairman of the Board
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1818644/000094787123000616/0000947871-23-000616-index.htm

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