secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     KOPIN CORP (KOPN)
CIK:        0000771266
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-08-07T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001493152-25-011710
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Kopin appoints Erich Manz as CFO effective September 2, 2025; replaces retiring Rich Sneider
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- Erich Manz to join as CFO on September 2, 2025; succeeds Rich Sneider who announced retirement in May 2025.
- Manz brings over 30 years of finance experience, most recently Business Unit CFO at Allegro MicroSystems (NASDAQ: ALGM).
- Compensation includes $300,000 base salary, 400,000 RSUs vesting 25% annually starting December 2026, and performance-based bonus.
- Rich Sneider will stay for approximately three months to assist transition.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/771266/000149315225011710/0001493152-25-011710-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/771266/000149315225011710/form8-k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-25-011710

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