secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Lightwave Logic, Inc. (LWLG)
CIK:        0001325964
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-12-13T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001079973-24-001687
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Lightwave Logic appoints Yves LeMaitre as CEO; former CEO Lebby resigns
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- Yves LeMaitre appointed CEO effective Dec 11, 2024; base salary $420K, bonus up to $150K, sign-on equity of 50K RSUs and 150K options.
- Thomas Zelibor appointed President; base salary $360K, bonus up to $75K, sign-on equity of 35K RSUs and 80K options.
- Dr. Michael Lebby resigned as CEO and Chairman on Dec 10, 2024.
- Ronald Bucchi appointed Chairman; James Marcelli becomes CFO and COO.
- LeMaitre brings 30+ years in photonics/optical communications; served at Lumentum, Oclaro, Luna Innovations.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1325964/000107997324001687/0001079973-24-001687-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1325964/000107997324001687/lwlg_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001079973-24-001687

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