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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001214659-24-011197"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001864032"
company_name: "Ault Disruptive Technologies Corp"
filed_at: "2024-06-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T03:42:39.145244+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Appoints Steve J. Smith to Board of Directors as Class II Director, effective June 18, 2024

## Summary
- Steve J. Smith, 70, appointed to the board as a Class II director effective June 18, 2024.
- Will serve on Audit and Compensation Committees and as Chairman of Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.
- Board determined Smith is independent under NYSE American standards; no reportable related-party transactions.
- Smith has over 35 years of CNC consulting experience and serves on the board of RiskOn International since Jan 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001214659-24-011197
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001864032
- company_name: Ault Disruptive Technologies Corp
- filed_at: 2024-06-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1864032/000121465924011197/0001214659-24-011197-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1864032/000121465924011197/b6192408k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001214659-24-011197
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001214659-24-011197.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001214659-24-011197.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Steve J. Smith was appointed as Class II Director at Ault Disruptive Technologies Corp.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class II Director
  source text: Effective June 18, 2024, Ault Disruptive Technologies Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), appointed Steve J. Smith to its board of directors (the “ Board ”) as a Class II director.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1864032/000121465924011197/0001214659-24-011197-index.htm

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