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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-25-121322"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NXTT"
cik: "0001784970"
company_name: "Next Technology Holding Inc."
filed_at: "2025-12-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T13:14:39.726053+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Next Technology Chairman Lichen Dong resigns; company pays $120,000 settlement

## Summary
- Lichen Dong resigned as board member, Chairman, and Nominating Committee Chair effective Dec 10, 2025.
- Resignation not due to any disagreement with Company’s operations, policies, or procedures.
- Company and Dong entered Resignation and Release Agreement with a one-time $120,000 cash payment within 90 business days.
- Agreement includes mutual release of claims, non-disparagement covenants, and confidentiality obligations.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-25-121322
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NXTT
- cik: 0001784970
- company_name: Next Technology Holding Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-12-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1784970/000121390025121322/0001213900-25-121322-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1784970/000121390025121322/ea0269567-8k_next.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-25-121322.txt

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