Form 8-K

8-K — AEye, Inc.

Accession: 0001213900-26-064835

Filed: 2026-06-03

Period: 2026-06-01

CIK: 0001818644

SIC: 3714 (MOTOR VEHICLE PARTS & ACCESSORIES)

Item: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

Item: Financial Statements and Exhibits

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 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):

June 1, 2026

AEYE, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

001-39699

37-1827430

(State or other jurisdiction

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer

of incorporation)

Identification No.)

4670 Willow Road, Suite 125, Pleasanton, California

94588

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including

area code: (925) 400-4366

(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 obligations of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

☐ 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(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share

LIDR

The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Warrants to receive one share of Common Stock

LIDRW

The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

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 5.02 Departure of Directors or

Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Restructuring of Management Compensation

On June 1, 2026, the Compensation Committee (the

“Committee”) of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of AEye, Inc. (the “Company”), as part of its

ongoing review of the Company’s executive compensation and retention programs, approved changes and made recommendations regarding

certain aspects of the compensation of our named executive officers.

Adoption of Amended and Restated Change in Control

Severance Agreement

On June 1, 2026, the Committee, ratified the adoption

of a form of an Amended and Restated Change in Control Severance Agreement (the “Amended Severance Agreement”) to be entered

into with eligible participants and authorized the Company to enter into the Amended Severance Agreement with Conor Tierney, the Company’s

Chief Financial Officer, which will provide, in the case of a Unilateral Termination, as defined below, Mr. Tierney with a severance payment

equal to his base salary for twelve (12) months and payment of group health insurance coverage for an equal period of time.

The Amended Severance Agreement did not materially

modify any of the severance payments and benefits associated with a “change in control” (as defined in the Amended Severance

Agreement), however, the Amended Severance Agreement now provides for severance payments and benefits in the event that the participant:

(i) voluntarily resigns for “good reason” (as defined in the Amended Severance Agreement) or (ii) is involuntary terminated

by the Company without “cause” (as defined in the Amended Severance Agreement), and such separation from service does not

occur in connection with, or within a specified period of time following, a “change in control” (each, a “Unilateral

Termination”).

Upon a Unilateral Termination, and subject to his

or her satisfaction of the conditions to severance described below, an eligible participant, including our named executive officers, would

be entitled to receive: (i) a severance payment equal to a percentage of such participant’s base salary; and (ii) payment of group

health insurance coverage for an equal period of time following the Unilateral Termination.

As a condition to any participant’s receipt

of severance benefits under the Amended Severance Agreement, the participant must sign a general waiver and release of claims, the form

of which is attached as an exhibit to the Amended Severance Agreement, confirm his or her obligations under the Company’s standard

form of proprietary information agreement, and allow the recission period to expire and the waiver and release of claims to become effective.

The foregoing description of the Amended Severance

Agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Form of Amended and Restated Change in

Control Severance Agreement, which was filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities

and Exchange Commission on May 15, 2026, and is incorporated into this Item 5.02 by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statement and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit

Number

Description

10.1

Form of Amended and Restated Change in Control Severance Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-39699) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 15, 2026).

104

Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101).

SIGNATURES

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.

AEye, Inc.

Dated: June 3, 2026

By:

/s/ Conor Tierney

Conor Tierney

Chief Financial Officer

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