{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001213900-25-020326","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"NXTT","cik":"0001784970","company_name":"Next Technology Holding Inc.","filed_at":"2025-03-05T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:03:04.845853+00:00","generated_at":"2026-05-25T10:54:39.403504+00:00","sec_items":["5.02","9.01"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.35,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.35,"confidence":"high","headline":"Next Technology Holding appoints Dr. Hongliang Liu as CTO effective March 1, 2025","bullets":["Dr. Liu, 37, brings over a decade of experience in SaaS/MaaS development and AI/ML models.","Annual salary of US$24,000, payable in equivalent other currencies; one-year initial term with automatic renewal.","Must provide 30 days' notice if resigning; subject to 6-month non-solicitation of executives post-termination.","Previously Technical Expert at Chint Group (2022-2025) and Postdoctoral Researcher at Ningshui Group (2017-2021).","Employment agreement filed as Exhibit 10.1; governed by Hong Kong law."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-25-020326","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-25-020326.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-25-020326.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-25-020326.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1784970/000121390025020326/0001213900-25-020326-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1784970/000121390025020326/ea0233201-8k_nexttech.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-05-25T10:54:39.403504+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"7b27f22b93","claim":"Hongliang Liu was appointed as Chief Technical Officer at Next Technology Holding Inc..","evidence_excerpt":"On March 1, 2025, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Next Technology Holding Inc. (the “Company”) approved the appointment of Dr. Hongliang Liu (“Dr. Liu”) as the Chief Technical Officer of the Company, effective March 1, 2025.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1784970/000121390025020326/0001213900-25-020326-index.htm","confidence":1.0,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"appointed"},{"label":"Role","value":"Chief Technical Officer"}]}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}