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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beneficially owned by director, but held in trust, limited partnerships, or similar entities for the sole benefit of the director officer or his or her immediate family members residing in the same household; and (3) held in retirement or deferred compensation accounts for the benefit of a director or his or her immediate family members residing in the same household.

The compensation committee may waive these requirements for non-employee directors joining our board of directors from government, academia or similar professions, and may temporarily suspend these requirements for a director if compliance would create severe hardship or prevent the director from complying with a court order. As of December 31, 2024, all of our non-employee directors satisfy the equity ownership guidelines for non-employee directors or have time remaining in their compliance period to meet the guidelines.

#### Director Compensation for Fiscal Year 2024
T he following table sets forth information concerning the compensation paid or accrued for services rendered to us by members of the board of directors for the year ended December 31, 2024. Mr. Keeney, our president, chief executive officer and director, did not receive any additional compensation for his service as a director. Compensation paid or accrued for services rendered to us by Mr. Keeney in his role as chief executive officer is set forth in the section titled “Executive Compensation.” Ms. Nichols served as the Interim President of nLIGHT DEFENSE Systems, Inc. from April 2024 to December 2024 and provided consulting services pursuant to a technical services consulting agreement in 2024.

| Name             |     | Fees Earned or Paid in Cash($)(1) (3) |        |     | Stock Awards($)(2) |         |     |    |     | All Other Compensation($) |         |     |    |     | Total ($) |         |
|:-----------------|:----|:--------------------------------------|-------:|:----|:-------------------|--------:|:----|---:|:----|:--------------------------|--------:|:----|---:|:----|:----------|--------:|
| Bandel Carano    |     | $                                     | 31,000 |     | $                  |  80,000 |     |    |     | $                         |       — |     |    |     | $         | 111,000 |
| Douglas Carlisle |     |                                       | 33,000 |     |                    |  80,000 |