UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

~~Washington~~WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

~~PURSUANT~~Pursuant TOto ~~SECTION~~Section 13 ORor 15(d) OFof ~~THE~~the

~~SECURITIES~~Securities ~~EXCHANGE~~Exchange ~~ACT~~Act OFof 1934

Date of ~~report~~Report (Date of ~~earliest~~Earliest ~~event~~Event ~~reported~~Reported): ~~January~~March 527, 2026

KOPIN CORPORATION

(Exact ~~name~~Name of ~~registrant~~Registrant as ~~specified~~Specified in ~~its charter~~Charter)

Delaware	000-19882	04-2833935
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

125 North Drive, Westborough, MA 01581

(Address of ~~principal~~Principal ~~executive~~Executive ~~offices~~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)

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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 5 2.02. ~~Departure~~Results of ~~Directors~~Operations orand ~~Certain~~Financial ~~Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers~~Condition.

~~On January 5, 2026,~~ Kopin Corporation (the “Company”), ~~upon~~issued ~~approval~~a ~~and~~press ~~recommendation by~~release ~~the~~on ~~compensation~~March ~~committee~~27, of2026, ~~the~~a ~~Board~~copy of ~~Directors~~which ofis ~~the~~attached ~~Company~~as ~~(the~~Exhibit ~~“Committee”),~~99.1 ~~granted~~to ~~Mr.~~this ~~Michael~~Current ~~Murray,~~Report ~~the~~on ~~Company’s~~Form ~~Chief~~8-K ~~Executive Officer~~ and ~~Chairman~~incorporated ofherein ~~the~~by ~~Board~~reference, ~~583,658~~in ~~shares of~~which ~~restricted stock (~~the ~~“Shares”)~~ ~~and~~Company ~~an option~~announced tothe ~~purchase~~unaudited ~~724,638~~financial results ~~shares~~for of the ~~Company’s~~fourth ~~common~~quarter ~~stock,~~ending ~~par value~~December ~~$0.01~~27, at2025. ~~an exercise~~The ~~price~~information ofin ~~$3.21~~this ~~per share~~Item ~~under~~2.02 ~~the~~(including ~~Company’s~~Exhibit ~~2020~~99.1) ~~Equity~~shall ~~Incentive~~not be ~~Plan,~~deemed ~~representing~~to abe ~~25%~~“filed” ~~premium~~for topurposes ~~the~~of ~~closing~~Section ~~price~~18 of the ~~Company’s~~Securities ~~common~~Exchange ~~stock~~Act onof ~~January 5~~1934, ~~2026.~~as ~~The~~amended ~~Shares~~(the “Exchange ~~cliff~~Act”) ~~vest~~or ~~four~~otherwise ~~years~~subject ~~from~~to ~~date~~the liabilities of ~~grant~~that ~~(January 5~~section, ~~2026)~~ and ~~the~~shall ~~options~~not ~~vest~~be ~~quarterly~~deemed ~~over~~to abe ~~four-year~~incorporated ~~period from~~by ~~the~~reference ~~date~~into ofany ~~grant~~filing ~~subject~~under tothe ~~Mr.~~Securities ~~Murray~~Act ~~remaining~~of ~~with~~1933, ~~the~~as ~~Company~~amended, ~~and~~or ~~being~~the inExchange ~~compliance~~Act, ~~with~~except ~~his~~as ~~employment~~shall ~~agreement.~~be ~~The~~expressly ~~Shares and~~set ~~options~~forth ~~are~~by ~~subject~~specific reference toin asuch ~~double-trigger change-in-control provision~~filing.

OnItem ~~January 5, 2026, the Company granted upon approval and recommendation by the Committee, Mr~~9. ~~Paul Baker, the Company’s Chief Operating Officer, 72,000 shares of restricted stock~~01. ~~34%~~Financial ofStatements ~~the Shares shall vest on December 10, 2026, 33% shall vest on December 10, 2027,~~ and ~~33% shall vest on December 10, 2028, in each case subject to Mr~~Exhibits. ~~Baker’s continued service to the Company on the applicable vesting date. The award is subject to restrictions pursuant to the terms of the Company’s 2020 Equity Incentive Plan.~~

(d) Exhibits

See the Exhibit Index below, which is incorporated by reference herein.

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit		Description
99.1		Press Release Dated March 27, 2026
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the ~~registrant~~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: Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)


		KOPIN CORPORATION

Dated:	March 27, 2026	/s/ Erich Manz
		Erich Manz
		Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
		(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

Date: January 9, 2026

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