---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-22-025273"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KOPN"
cik: "0000771266"
company_name: "KOPIN CORP"
filed_at: "2022-09-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T14:46:30.638943+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kopin appoints Michael Murray as CEO; founder John Fan steps down as CEO, remains Chairman

## Summary
- John C.C. Fan resigns as President and CEO effective Sept. 6, 2022; he continues as Chairman and a senior executive.
- Michael Murray appointed President and CEO effective Sept. 6; will join the Board of Directors.
- Murray previously served as President – Cyber at Ultra Electronics Group; compensation includes $450k base salary, 800k restricted stock, $100k sign-on bonus.
- Fan’s resignation is not due to any disagreement with the Company; Amendment clarifies transition does not constitute termination.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-22-025273
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KOPN
- cik: 0000771266
- company_name: KOPIN CORP
- filed_at: 2022-09-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/771266/000149315222025273/0001493152-22-025273-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/771266/000149315222025273/form8-k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-22-025273
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-22-025273.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-22-025273.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  John C.C. Fan resigned as President and Chief Executive Officer at KOPIN CORP.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: John C.C. Fan, President and Chief Executive Officer of Kopin Corporation (the “Company”) and Chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), notified the Company of his resignation as President and CEO effective September 6, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/771266/000149315222025273/0001493152-22-025273-index.htm
- Executive change
  Michael Murray was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer at KOPIN CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: the Board appointed Michael Murray as President and Chief Executive Officer effective September 6, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/771266/000149315222025273/0001493152-22-025273-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.