---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-25-012729"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KOPN"
cik: "0000771266"
company_name: "KOPIN CORP"
filed_at: "2025-09-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T08:10:21.256710+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kopin appoints Erich Manz as CFO; grants 400,000 restricted shares as inducement

## Summary
- Erich Manz joined Kopin as CFO on September 2, 2025.
- Received 400,000 restricted shares vesting 25% annually each December 10 starting 2026.
- Award approved under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4) as a material inducement to employment.
- Press release issued September 4, 2025 announcing the leadership change and grant.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-25-012729
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KOPN
- cik: 0000771266
- company_name: KOPIN CORP
- filed_at: 2025-09-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/771266/000149315225012729/0001493152-25-012729-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/771266/000149315225012729/form8-k.htm

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