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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000947871-25-000480"
form_type: "8-K/A"
ticker: "LIDR"
cik: "0001818644"
company_name: "AEye, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-05-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-22T02:01:09.463149+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AEye corrects consulting fees paid to new director Doron Simon to $261,000; appoints him Class II director

## Summary
- Corrected aggregate consulting fees paid to Doron Simon from June 2023 to March 2025 from $456,000 to $261,000.
- Appointed Doron Simon as Class II director effective April 29, 2025, term expiring at 2026 annual meeting.
- Simon also received 33,970 restricted stock units (fully vested) under prior consulting agreement.
- Consulting agreement with Simon expected to terminate by May 14, 2025; Simon will receive standard non-employee director compensation.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000947871-25-000480
- form_type: 8-K/A
- ticker: LIDR
- cik: 0001818644
- company_name: AEye, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-05-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1818644/000094787125000480/0000947871-25-000480-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1818644/000094787125000480/ss4805308_8ka.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Doron Simon was appointed as Class II Director at AEye, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class II Director
  source text: On April 29, 2025 (the “Appointment Date”), the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of AEye, Inc. appointed Doron Simon, effective as of the Appointment Date, as a Class II director
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1818644/000094787125000480/0000947871-25-000480-index.htm

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