secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Rank One Computing Corp (ROC)
CIK:        0002077709
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-10-06T20:11:17+00:00
Accession:  0001213900-26-107208
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.30
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2

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

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