---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171843-26-006175"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NTIC"
cik: "0000875582"
company_name: "NORTHERN TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL CORP"
filed_at: "2026-09-22T20:46:33+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-09-22T20:47:13.603127+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# NTIC director Sunggyu Lee to not stand for re-election at Jan 15, 2027 annual meeting

## Summary
- Sunggyu Lee, Ph.D., notified NTIC board on Sept 21, 2026 he will not seek re-election.
- Departure effective at 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, scheduled for January 15, 2027.
- Lee's decision not based on any disagreement with Company operations, policies, or practices.
- Lee remains on board until the annual meeting; no replacement named in filing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-26-006175
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NTIC
- cik: 0000875582
- company_name: NORTHERN TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL CORP
- filed_at: 2026-09-22T20:46:33+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/875582/000117184326006175/0001171843-26-006175-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/875582/000117184326006175/f8k_092226.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-26-006175
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-26-006175.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-26-006175.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Sunggyu Lee departed as Director at NORTHERN TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL CORP.
  - Action: will not stand for re-election
  - Role: Director
  source text: On September 21, 2026, Sunggyu Lee, Ph.D., a member of the Board of Directors, of Northern Technologies International Corporation (the “Company”), notified the Company that he will not stand for re-election to the Company’s Board of Directors at the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company, currently scheduled to be held on January 15, 2027.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/875582/000117184326006175/0001171843-26-006175-index.htm

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