---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-26-100070"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001590496"
company_name: "Aerkomm Inc."
filed_at: "2026-09-15T18:21:20+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-09-15T18:22:14.483037+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Aerkomm Inc.: Director Jeff Hsu resigns; Tayi Shen appointed to board

## Summary
- Jeff T.C. Hsu resigned from Aerkomm board effective May 31, 2025; resignation not due to any disagreement.
- Tayi Shen, VP Business Development, appointed to board effective September 14, 2026, replacing Hsu.
- Shen has been VP Business Development since April 2023; previously led operations at Sakai Display and Japan Display.
- No family relationships or related-party transactions between Shen and company.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-26-100070
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001590496
- company_name: Aerkomm Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-09-15T18:21:20+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1590496/000121390026100070/0001213900-26-100070-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1590496/000121390026100070/ea0305145-8k_aerkomm.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-26-100070
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-26-100070.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-26-100070.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jeff T.C. Hsu resigned as Member of the Board of Directors at Aerkomm Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Member of the Board of Directors
  source text: Effective as May 31, 2025, Jeff T.C. Hsu resigned from his position as a member of the board of directors (the “Board”) of Aerkomm Inc. (the “Company”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1590496/000121390026100070/0001213900-26-100070-index.htm
- Executive change
  Tayi Shen was appointed as Member of the Board of Directors at Aerkomm Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Member of the Board of Directors
  source text: The Board appointed Mr. Tayi Shen, Vice President, Business Development of the Company, to be a member of the Board replacing Mr. Hsu effective September 14, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1590496/000121390026100070/0001213900-26-100070-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.