---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-26-107208"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ROC"
cik: "0002077709"
company_name: "Rank One Computing Corp"
filed_at: "2026-10-06T20:11:17+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T16:19:24.311083+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ROC appoints biometrics pioneer Dr. Anil K. Jain to board, expanding it from eight to nine directors

## Summary
- Board increased from eight to nine directors; Dr. Anil K. Jain appointed effective October 5, 2026 and deemed independent under Nasdaq Rule 5605(a)(2).
- Jain, age 78, has been a University Distinguished Professor at Michigan State University since 1974 and was an Amazon Scholar from March 2021 to August 2026.
- Director pay: $50,000 annual equity retainer in RSUs under the 2026 Equity Incentive Plan plus $12,500 annual cash retainer, both prorated; first RSU grant December 1, 2026.
- Since September 1, 2026 Jain has provided technical advisory services under an Advisor Agreement paying him $30,000 per year, quarterly in arrears.
- Press release dated October 6, 2026 quotes CEO B. Scott Swann and Co-Founder/Chief Scientist Dr. Brendan Klare on Jain's pattern recognition and biometrics work for ROC's Vision AI platform.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-26-107208
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ROC
- cik: 0002077709
- company_name: Rank One Computing Corp
- filed_at: 2026-10-06T20:11:17+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2077709/000121390026107208/0001213900-26-107208-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2077709/000121390026107208/ea0307850-8k_rank.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Anil Jain was appointed as Director at Rank One Computing Corp.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On October 5, 2026, upon recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Nominating Committee”) of Rank One Computing Corporation (the “Company”), the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) appointed Dr. Anil Jain as a member of the Board, effective as of October 5, 2026, to fill the vacancy resulting from an increase in the size of the Board from eight to nine directors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2077709/000121390026107208/0001213900-26-107208-index.htm

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