---
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"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T21:14:31.844977+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AXT director Leonard LeBlanc resigns; Audit and Committee chairs appointed

## Summary
- 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.

## SEC filing metadata
- 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
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- 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

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-22-000014
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-22-000014.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-22-000014.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Leonard J. LeBlanc resigned as Director at AXT INC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: 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_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1051627/000155837022000014/0001558370-22-000014-index.htm

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