Form 8-K
8-K — KOPIN CORP
Accession: 0001493152-26-027220
Filed: 2026-06-04
Period: 2026-05-28
CIK: 0000771266
SIC: 3674 (SEMICONDUCTORS & RELATED DEVICES)
Item: Other Events
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UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
DC 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date
of report (Date of earliest event reported): May 28, 2026
KOPIN
CORPORATION
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
000-19882
04-2833935
(State
or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)
(Commission
File
Number)
(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
No.)
125
North Drive, Westborough, MA 01581
(Address
of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(508)
870-5959
(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former
name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check
the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under
any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
☐
Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
☐
Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
☐
Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
☐
Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title
of each class
Trading
Symbol
Name
of each exchange on which registered
Common
Stock, par value $0.01
KOPN
Nasdaq
Capital Market
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405
of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging
growth company ☐
If
an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying
with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Item
8.01.
Other
Events
On
October 16, 2025 Kopin Corporation (the “Company”) announced a $15 Million Strategic Investment from Theon International
Plc (the Agreements). Under the terms of the Agreements, Theon acquired a 49% interest in Kopin’s subsidiary, Kopin Europe Ltd.
for $8.0 million and the parties entered into a licensing and development agreement and funding agreements relating to the joint development
of military products. In addition, Theon purchased $7.0 million of shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per
share, of Kopin (the “Preferred Stock”). Each share of the Preferred Stock was convertible into shares of common stock, par
value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”) at an initial fixed conversion price of $3.00 per share, pursuant
to the terms of the Certificate of Designation for Series A Convertible Preferred Stock of the Company (the “Certificate of Designations”).
The Preferred Stock carried an annual dividend of at the base rate dividend rate of 4%, payable in cash and stock.
On
May 28, 2026 Theon exercised its conversion right under the Certificate of Designation to convert all 1,000 outstanding shares of Series
A Convertible Preferred stock into shares of Common Stock. The conversion was effected at a conversion price of $3.00 per share resulting
in the issuance of 2,380,973 shares of the Company’s common stock to Theon. The Company’s Series A Convertible Preferred
stock has been retired and no shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock are outstanding.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Kopin
Corporation
(Registrant)
By:
/s/
Erich Manz
Name:
Erich
Manz
Title:
Treasurer
and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)
Date:
June 4, 2026
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