secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     AWARE INC /MA/ (AWRE)
CIK:        0001015739
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-03-12T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-104061
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 1.01, 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Aware CTO Mohamed Lazzouni departs; receives $312K severance and noncompete
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- CTO Mohamed Lazzouni departed Aware, Inc. effective March 10, 2026.
- Severance includes $312,490 salary continuation over 12 months and COBRA subsidy for 12 months.
- Time-based stock awards accelerated to vest as if Lazzouni remained employed for 12 more months.
- Noncompete agreement prohibits competition until March 9, 2027, and includes non-solicitation.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1015739/000119312526104061/0001193125-26-104061-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1015739/000119312526104061/awre-20260310.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-104061

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