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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001654954-25-011696"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LPTH"
cik: "0000889971"
company_name: "LIGHTPATH TECHNOLOGIES INC"
filed_at: "2025-10-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T04:02:37.057470+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# LightPath appoints ex-Northrop Grumman president Mark Caylor to board

## Summary
- Mark Caylor, former president of Northrop Grumman's Mission Systems ($11B revenue, 25,000 employees), appointed to board effective Oct 9, 2025.
- Caylor fills a Class I director vacancy; designated by North Run under the Feb 13, 2025 Securities Purchase Agreement.
- Board determined Caylor is independent under Nasdaq rules; he will receive standard non-employee director compensation.
- Caylor brings 35+ years of defense industry and public company leadership experience.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001654954-25-011696
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LPTH
- cik: 0000889971
- company_name: LIGHTPATH TECHNOLOGIES INC
- filed_at: 2025-10-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/889971/000165495425011696/0001654954-25-011696-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/889971/000165495425011696/lpth_8k.htm

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