---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-022705"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BURU"
cik: "0001814215"
company_name: "Nuburu, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-05-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T22:34:11.222476+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Ake Almgren resigns from Nuburu board; Ron Nicol reclassified to Class I director

## Summary
- Dr. Ake Almgren resigned effective May 19, 2023 for personal reasons; no disagreement with company.
- Ron Nicol resigned as Class II director and was reappointed as Class I director to equalize board class sizes.
- Nicol continues as Board chair and on audit and compensation committees; compensation and equity unchanged.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-022705
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BURU
- cik: 0001814215
- company_name: Nuburu, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-05-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1814215/000095017023022705/0000950170-23-022705-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1814215/000095017023022705/buru-20230515.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-022705
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-022705.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-022705.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Ake Almgren resigned as Director at Nuburu, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: Dr. Ake Almgren notified the Company on May 9, 2023 of his resignation as a member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) effective as of May 19, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1814215/000095017023022705/0000950170-23-022705-index.htm

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