---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001124796-26-000003"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LASR"
cik: "0001124796"
company_name: "NLIGHT, INC."
filed_at: "2026-01-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T11:29:41.395019+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# nLIGHT appoints Gerald Haines to Board of Directors and Audit Committee

## Summary
- Gerald Haines appointed Class I director, term expiring at 2028 annual meeting.
- Haines also appointed to the Board's Audit Committee.
- Previously CFO of Metabolon, Impulse Dynamics, and Mercury Systems (CFO, head of corp dev).
- Background includes aerospace & defense, finance, and legal (J.D. from Cornell Law School).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001124796-26-000003
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LASR
- cik: 0001124796
- company_name: NLIGHT, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-01-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1124796/000112479626000003/0001124796-26-000003-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1124796/000112479626000003/lasr-20260105.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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