---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-26-027110"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ATHR"
cik: "0002026353"
company_name: "Aether Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-06-03T20:35:25+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T21:04:02.917438+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Aether Holdings appoints Hon Nam Lee as independent director; Timothy Murphy to serve as General Counsel

## Summary
- Hon Nam Lee (Alvars) appointed as independent director on June 1, 2026, filling new seat to expand board to five members.
- Lee will chair Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee; annual cash compensation $30,000 plus $5,000 for committee role.
- Timothy William Murphy transitions from independent director to director and General Counsel, losing independent status per Nasdaq rules.
- Murphy will remain on board but no longer treated as independent unless Board later determines otherwise.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-26-027110
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ATHR
- cik: 0002026353
- company_name: Aether Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-06-03T20:35:25+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2026353/000149315226027110/0001493152-26-027110-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2026353/000149315226027110/form8-k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-26-027110
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-26-027110.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-26-027110.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Hon Nam Lee (Alvars) was appointed as director at Aether Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: director
  source text: the board of directors (the "Board") of Aether Holdings, Inc. (the "Company") appointed Hon Nam Lee (Alvars) as an independent director of the Company to fill a newly created directorship
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2026353/000149315226027110/0001493152-26-027110-index.htm

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