Company: LASR
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001124796-25-000043
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Company: NLIGHT, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form: DEF 14A
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 2024 through December 2024, including cash compensation of $238,615 and a grant of 25,000 RSUs with a fair value of $330,750 received by Ms. Nichols in such capacity, and the prior consulting services provided by Ms. Nichols to us pursuant to a technical services consulting agreement, including aggregate payments to Ms. Nichols under that agreement equal to $25,100 in 2024.

There are no family relationships among any of our directors or executive officers.

Based upon information requested from and provided by each director concerning his or her background, employment and affiliations, including family relationships, our board of directors has determined the following:

| Directors        |     | Status          |
| Scott Keeney     |     | Not Independent |
| Bandel Carano    |     | Independent     |
| Douglas Carlisle |     | Independent     |
| Bill Gossman     |     | Independent     |
| Raymond Link     |     | Independent     |
| Gary Locke       |     | Independent     |
| Geoffrey Moore   |     | Independent     |
| Camille Nichols  |     | Not Independent |

#### Board Leadership Structure
Scott Keeney, our president and chief executive officer, is also the chairman of our board of directors. Our board of directors has determined that having our principal executive officer also serve as the chairman of our board of directors, along with having a lead independent director, provides us with optimally effective leadership and is in the best interests of our company and stockholders. Mr. Keeney founded and has led our company since its inception. Our board of directors believes that Mr. Keeney's strategic vision for our business, his in-depth knowledge of our products, the laser industry and his experience serving as our president and chief executive officer since our inception make him well qualified to serve as chairman of our board.

The role given to the lead independent director helps ensure a strong independent and active board of directors. Our board of directors has appointed Bill Gossman to serve as our lead independent director. As lead independent director, Mr. Gossman presides over periodic meetings of our independent directors, serves as a liaison between the chairperson of our board of directors and the independent directors and performs such additional duties as our board of directors may otherwise determine and delegate. Our corporate governance guidelines limit the service of our lead independent director to three years from the date of appointment unless the board of directors otherwise determines that continued service for more than three years would be in the best interests of our company