{"url_path":"/sec/athr/8-k/2026-06-03/item-5-02","section_key":"item-5-02","section_title":"Item 5.02 (d)","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-06-03","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2026353/0001493152-26-027110-index.html","accession_number":"0001493152-26-027110","cik":"0002026353","ticker":"ATHR","issuer_name":"Aether Holdings, Inc.","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2026353/0001493152-26-027110-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0002026353","primary_entity_name":"Aether Holdings, Inc."},"word_count":312,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"Item\n5.02(d)\n\n** **\n\nOn\nJune 1, 2026 (the “Effective Date”), the board of directors (the “Board”) of Aether Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”)\nappointed Hon Nam Lee (Alvars) as an independent director of the Company to fill a newly created directorship resulting from an increase\nin the size of the Board to five (5) directors. Mr. Lee’s term as a director began on the Effective Date, and he will serve until\nthe next annual meeting of stockholders of the Company and until his successor is duly elected and qualified, or until his earlier death,\nresignation or removal. The Board has appointed Mr. Lee to serve as Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.\n\n \n\nThere\nis no arrangement or understanding between Mr. Lee and any other person pursuant to which Mr. Lee was appointed as a director of the\nCompany.\n\n \n\nMr.\nLee does not have any family relationship with any executive officer or director of the Company and is not a party to any transaction\nrequired to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.\n\n \n\nIn\nconnection with his appointment, Mr. Lee is expected to enter into the Company’s standard form of independent director agreement\nand form of independent director indemnification agreement, copies of which were filed as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2, respectively, to the\nCompany’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 1, 2025. Mr. Lee will be compensated\nin accordance with the Company’s independent director compensation arrangements. Under the Independent Director Agreements, the\nCompany will pay Mr. Lee an annual cash fee of $30,000, with an additional $5,000 to be paid annually in connection with his service\nas Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. The Company will also pay or reimburse Mr. Lee for pre-approved reasonable\nbusiness-related expenses incurred in good faith in the performance of Mr. Lee’s duties for the Company."}