---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-010586"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WINT"
cik: "0000946486"
company_name: "WINDTREE THERAPEUTICS INC /DE/"
filed_at: "2023-04-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T00:17:48.346177+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Windtree Therapeutics chairman James Huang resigns, cites value concerns and strategy disagreement

## Summary
- James Huang resigned as chairman of the board effective April 18, 2023.
- Resignation attributed to focus on other pursuits and view that securities did not reflect true value.
- Huang criticized strategies that transfer ownership away from existing shareholders.
- Resignation letter filed as Exhibit 17.1 with the SEC.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-010586
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WINT
- cik: 0000946486
- company_name: WINDTREE THERAPEUTICS INC /DE/
- filed_at: 2023-04-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/946486/000143774923010586/0001437749-23-010586-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/946486/000143774923010586/wint20230418_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-010586.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  James Huang resigned as chairman of the board of directors at WINDTREE THERAPEUTICS INC /DE/.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: chairman of the board of directors
  source text: On April 18, 2023, Windtree Therapeutics, Inc. (the “ Company ”) received a letter from James Huang announcing his decision to resign from his position as the Company’s chairman of the board of directors, effective immediately (the “ Resignation Letter ”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/946486/000143774923010586/0001437749-23-010586-index.htm

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