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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001124796-22-000155"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LASR"
cik: "0001124796"
company_name: "NLIGHT, INC."
filed_at: "2022-12-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T01:25:03.822828+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# nLIGHT amends bylaws to tighten advance notice, proxy rules, and forum selection

## Summary
- Stockholder director nominations now require detailed disclosures, including Third-Party Compensation Arrangements and Rule 14a-19 compliance.
- Notice deadlines tightened: must be filed by later of 10 days after meeting announcement or 90 days before meeting.
- Forum selection clause expanded to cover Securities Act claims in addition to Exchange Act claims.
- Board may request nominees to furnish same information required from stockholder nominees.
- Amendments effective immediately; also adopt recent DGCL changes on meeting adjournment and proxies.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001124796-22-000155
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LASR
- cik: 0001124796
- company_name: NLIGHT, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-12-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1124796/000112479622000155/0001124796-22-000155-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1124796/000112479622000155/lasr-20221215.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  NLIGHT, INC.: Amended and restated bylaws to enhance advance notice procedures for stockholder nominations and proposals, and update other provisions (effective 2022-12-15).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2022-12-15
  source text: On December 15, 2022, in connection with the effectiveness of new Securities and Exchange Commission rules regarding universal proxy cards, certain recent changes to the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”) and a periodic review of the bylaws of nLIGHT, Inc. (the “Company”), the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) adopted amended and restated bylaws (the “Amended and Restated Bylaws”), effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1124796/000112479622000155/0001124796-22-000155-index.htm

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