---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001603978-23-000010"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AQB"
cik: "0001603978"
company_name: "AQUABOUNTY TECHNOLOGIES INC"
filed_at: "2023-03-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T09:14:24.872891+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AquaBounty director Richard J. Clothier to retire, not stand for reelection at May 2023 meeting

## Summary
- Richard J. Clothier will retire from the Board and not stand for reelection at the Annual Shareholder Meeting on May 25, 2023.
- Clothier served as Chairman of the Board since April 2006, over 17 years.
- Retirement is not due to any disagreement with the Company on operations, policies, or practices.
- No replacement director has been announced; Board composition will change after the meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001603978-23-000010
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AQB
- cik: 0001603978
- company_name: AQUABOUNTY TECHNOLOGIES INC
- filed_at: 2023-03-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1603978/000160397823000010/0001603978-23-000010-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1603978/000160397823000010/aqb-20230330x8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001603978-23-000010
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001603978-23-000010.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001603978-23-000010.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Richard J. Clothier departed as Director at AQUABOUNTY TECHNOLOGIES INC.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Director
  source text: On March 29, 2023, Richard J. Clothier informed AquaBounty Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) of his decision not to stand for reelection as a director and to retire from the Company’s Board of Directors (“Board”), effective as of the start of the Company’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1603978/000160397823000010/0001603978-23-000010-index.htm

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