Nova Lifestyle Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update, Financial Statements and Exhibits
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On October 7, 2025, Nova LifeStyle, Inc. (the “Company”) received a resignation letter from Ms. Min Su to resign from her positions as the Corporate Secretary of the Company, effective immediately. Ms. Su indicated that her resignation is not because of any disagreement with the Company, its management or its directors.
On October 7, 2025, the Board appointed Mr. Yizhou (Steven) Zhao, a Data Analysis Statistician at Diamond Bar Outdoors Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, as the Chief Operating Officer and Corporate Secretary of the Company.
Mr. Zhao, age 28, has worked as Data Analysis Statistician at Diamond Bar Outdoors Inc. since June 2025. Since May 2024, Mr. Zhao has been a self-directed independent investor in U.S. stock market. Mr. Zhao received his Bachelor of Science degree with Major in Statistics, Minor in Economics from Queen’s University in Canada in May 2023 and his Master of Arts in Statistic from Columbia University in February 2023.
In connection with his appointment, the Company entered into an employment agreement (the “Agreement”) with Mr. Zhao on October 7, 2025. The Agreement has a term of one year and provides that Mr. Zhao will receive compensation in the amount of $80,000 a year, payable monthly.
Mr. Zhao was not selected pursuant to any arrangement or understanding between him and any other person. There are no family relationships between Mr. Zhao and the directors, nor between Mr. Zhao and any executive officer of the Company. Mr. Zhao is not a party to any transaction that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
The foregoing description of the Agreement is only a summary of the terms of the Agreement and does not purport to be a complete description of such document, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Agreement, a copy of which is attached as an exhibit hereto and incorporated by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
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| 10.1 | Employment Agreement between the Company and Yizhou (Steven) Zhao dated October 7, 2025. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.
| Nova LifeStyle, Inc. | ||
| By: | /s/ Xiaohua Lu | |
| Xiaohua Lu | ||
| Chief Executive Officer | ||
Date: October 9, 2025