---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-25-002391"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LIQT"
cik: "0001307579"
company_name: "LIQTECH INTERNATIONAL INC"
filed_at: "2025-01-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T04:37:05.818680+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# LiqTech appoints David Kowalczyk as CFO and COO; interim CFO Price to step down March 1

## Summary
- David Kowalczyk appointed CFO and COO effective March 1, 2025; base salary DKK 2M (~$280K) plus up to 60% bonus and RSU program.
- Phillip Massie Price steps down as interim CFO March 1; remains through April 30, receives 7 months' salary (~$98K) and $25K retention bonus.
- Price gets accelerated vesting of 8,019 RSUs; resignation not due to any disagreement with the company.
- Kowalczyk brings 20+ years experience from Novozymes, Hempel, PwC, and Nordea; holds dual master's degrees from Copenhagen Business School.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-25-002391
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LIQT
- cik: 0001307579
- company_name: LIQTECH INTERNATIONAL INC
- filed_at: 2025-01-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1307579/000143774925002391/0001437749-25-002391-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1307579/000143774925002391/liqt20250130_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Phillip Massie Price departed as Interim Chief Financial Officer at LIQTECH INTERNATIONAL INC.
  - Action: stepped down
  - Role: Interim Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On January 30, 2025, Phillip Massie Price and the Company mutually agreed that Mr. Price shall step down as Interim Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective as of March 1, 2025, in connection with the appointment of Mr. Kowalczyk as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1307579/000143774925002391/0001437749-25-002391-index.htm
- Executive change
  David Kowalczyk was appointed as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer at LIQTECH INTERNATIONAL INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On January 27, 2025, the board of directors (the “ Board ”) of Liqtech International, Inc. a Nevada corporation (the “ Company ”) appointed David Kowalczyk as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of the Company, effective March 1, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1307579/000143774925002391/0001437749-25-002391-index.htm

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