---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001398344-23-015151"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SVVC"
cik: "0001495584"
company_name: "Firsthand Technology Value Fund, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-08-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T06:53:55.858814+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Nicholas Petredis resigns from Firsthand Technology Value Fund board for health reasons

## Summary
- Petredis resigned on August 14, 2023, citing health and medical reasons.
- He served as a disinterested director under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
- Petredis was a Class II director with a term expiring at the 2025 annual meeting.
- No replacement was announced; the board vacancy remains unfilled at filing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001398344-23-015151
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SVVC
- cik: 0001495584
- company_name: Firsthand Technology Value Fund, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-08-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1495584/000139834423015151/0001398344-23-015151-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1495584/000139834423015151/fp0084868-1_8kixbrl.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001398344-23-015151
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001398344-23-015151.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001398344-23-015151.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Nicholas Petredis resigned as Director at Firsthand Technology Value Fund, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On August 14, 2023, Nicholas Petredis resigned as a member of the Board of Directors of Firsthand Technology Value Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”) for health and medical reasons.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1495584/000139834423015151/0001398344-23-015151-index.htm

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