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accession: "0001493152-26-019014"
form_type: "8-K/A"
ticker: "VELO"
cik: "0001825079"
company_name: "Velo3D, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-04-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T03:54:29.533920+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Velo3D files 8-K/A clarifying CEO Arun Jeldi's one-time performance stock option replaces annual equity for 4 years

## Summary
- One-time option grant sized at 3% of outstanding shares, ten-year term, FMV exercise price.
- Vesting tied to market cap milestones: 10% at $1B, 20% at $3B, 30% at $5B, 40% at $10B within 5 years.
- Award covers 2026-2029 period, replacing routine annual equity grants.
- Grant expected shortly after 2026 annual meeting, subject to sufficient shares under equity plan.
- Amendment corrects prior 8-K that incorrectly described award as annual.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-26-019014
- form_type: 8-K/A
- ticker: VELO
- cik: 0001825079
- company_name: Velo3D, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-04-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1825079/000149315226019014/0001493152-26-019014-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1825079/000149315226019014/form8-ka.htm

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