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Issuer:     AMERICAN BATTERY TECHNOLOGY Co (ABAT)
CIK:        0001576873
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-09-04T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001493152-25-012644
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.35
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

American Battery Tech appoints Lavanya Balakrishnan to board; Sherif Marakby resigns
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- Sherif Marakby resigned as director, effective Sept 15, 2025, under succession plan; no disagreement.
- Lavanya Balakrishnan appointed director effective Sept 16, 2025; will serve on audit, compensation, and governance committees.
- Balakrishnan receives $25,000/yr cash plus $150,000/yr in RSUs, paid quarterly; change-in-control provision of $75,000.
- Resignation and appointment structured to align with the Board's independent director succession plan.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1576873/000149315225012644/0001493152-25-012644-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1576873/000149315225012644/form8-k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-25-012644

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