---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001124796-23-000070"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LASR"
cik: "0001124796"
company_name: "NLIGHT, INC."
filed_at: "2023-06-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T00:51:49.436918+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# nLIGHT shareholders elect three Class II directors, ratify KPMG, approve say-on-pay at 2023 annual meeting

## Summary
- All three Class II director nominees (Bandel Carano, Raymond Link, Geoffrey Moore) elected with >72% of votes cast.
- KPMG ratified as independent auditor for FY2023 with 40.7M for vs 368k against.
- Say-on-pay advisory vote approved with 36.3M for, 759k against, and 4.1M broker non-votes.
- Approximately 90% of outstanding shares were represented at the meeting (41.1M of 45.8M).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001124796-23-000070
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LASR
- cik: 0001124796
- company_name: NLIGHT, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-06-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1124796/000112479623000070/0001124796-23-000070-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1124796/000112479623000070/lasr-20230608.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001124796-23-000070.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  NLIGHT, INC. shareholders approved Election of Class II Directors at the 2023-06-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-08
  source text: Proposal One - Election of Class II Directors. The following nominees were elected as Class II directors to serve until the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified. Nominee For Withheld Broker Non-Votes Bandel Carano 26,238,922 10,822,078 4,060,842 Raymond Link 30,922,693 6,138,307 4,060,842 Geoffrey Moore 31,085,283 5,975,717 4,060,842
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1124796/000112479623000070/0001124796-23-000070-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  NLIGHT, INC. shareholders approved Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2023-06-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-08
  source text: Proposal Two - Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm . The appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s fiscal year ending December 31, 2023, was ratified. The voting results were as follows: For Against Abstentions 40,738,079 368,395 15,368
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1124796/000112479623000070/0001124796-23-000070-index.htm

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