{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001558370-22-000014","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"AXTI","cik":"0001051627","company_name":"AXT INC","filed_at":"2022-01-03T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:04:05.273618+00:00","generated_at":"2026-06-27T21:14:31.844977+00:00","sec_items":["5.02"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.3,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.3,"confidence":"high","headline":"AXT director Leonard LeBlanc resigns; Audit and Committee chairs appointed","bullets":["Leonard J. LeBlanc resigned from the Board effective Dec 29, 2021, and becomes director emeritus.","Christine Russell appointed chair of the Audit Committee; Jesse Chen appointed chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.","Board reduced authorized directors from five to four members effective Dec 29, 2021.","Resignation is not due to any disagreement with the company's operations, policies or practices."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-22-000014","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-22-000014.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-22-000014.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-22-000014.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1051627/000155837022000014/0001558370-22-000014-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1051627/000155837022000014/axti-20211229x8k.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-06-27T21:14:31.844977+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"7c15e0b2a2","claim":"Leonard J. LeBlanc resigned as Director at AXT INC.","evidence_excerpt":"On December 29, 2021, Leonard J. LeBlanc, a member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of AXT, Inc (the “Company”) since April 2003 and a Class III director, notified the Board of his decision to resign from the Board and all committees thereof, effective as of December 29, 2021.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1051627/000155837022000014/0001558370-22-000014-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"resigned"},{"label":"Role","value":"Director"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}