---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001654954-21-010433"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LPTH"
cik: "0000889971"
company_name: "LIGHTPATH TECHNOLOGIES INC"
filed_at: "2021-09-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T01:25:05.023173+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# LightPath expands headquarters by ~6,347 sq ft via lease swap, consolidates space

## Summary
- Ninth Amendment to Lease increases rentable area from 52,184 to 58,531 sq ft by adding Suite 110 and releasing Suite 130.
- Monthly rent for added Suite 110 starts at $13,262.42 ($15.25/sq ft/yr) on swap date; rent abatement for first two months after EPCD.
- Landlord provides construction allowance of $2,402,424 ($42/sq ft for original, $50/sq ft for expansion premises) for improvements.
- Company will not renew 12,378 sq ft lease at 12501 Research Parkway expiring Nov 2022, consolidating operations at headquarters.
- All other Eighth Amendment terms remain; renewal option applies to expanded premises.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001654954-21-010433
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LPTH
- cik: 0000889971
- company_name: LIGHTPATH TECHNOLOGIES INC
- filed_at: 2021-09-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/889971/000165495421010433/0001654954-21-010433-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/889971/000165495421010433/lpth_8k.htm

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