---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-130698"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IRIX"
cik: "0001006045"
company_name: "IRIDEX CORP"
filed_at: "2024-11-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T17:27:04.629093+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# IRIDEX appoints CEO Patrick Mercer to board of directors

## Summary
- Appointed effective November 22, 2024, with initial term ending at 2025 annual meeting.
- No change to Mercer's existing compensatory arrangements; no additional compensation for board service.
- Mercer is currently President, CEO, and COO; no arrangements or understandings with others for appointment.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-130698
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IRIX
- cik: 0001006045
- company_name: IRIDEX CORP
- filed_at: 2024-11-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1006045/000095017024130698/0000950170-24-130698-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1006045/000095017024130698/irix-20241122.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-130698
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-130698.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-130698.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Patrick Mercer was appointed as Director at IRIDEX CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On November 22, 2024, the board of directors (the “Board”) of IRIDEX Corporation (the “Company”) appointed Patrick Mercer, the Company’s current President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer, to serve as a member of the Board, with an initial term expiring at the Company’s 2025 annual meeting of stockholders, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1006045/000095017024130698/0000950170-24-130698-index.htm

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