Every material Form 8-K Coda Octopus Group, Inc. has filed with the SEC since May 30, 2025, read and summarized by AI: what happened, the key figures, whether it reads positive or negative for shareholders, and how big a deal it is (impact 1-5). Newest first; each brief links to its own page and to the filing on SEC.gov.
Interim Chief Financial Officer Gayle Jardine will retire effective August 3, 2026. On July 1, 2026, Coda Octopus finalized Mark Kelly as its Chief Financial Officer, effective the same date, which gives shareholders a named successor for the finance role.
Gayle Jardine, interim CFO, retires effective August 3, 2026.
Mark Kelly's appointment was finalized July 1, 2026, effective August 3, 2026, subject to a three-month probationary period that the company may extend by two months.
Kelly will receive an annual base salary of £165,000 (about $218,625 at an exchange rate of $1.325), plus discretionary bonuses and a restricted stock grant valued at $40,000 that vests in two equal annual installments starting October 31,
Kelly was Finance Director at Medac Pharma from 2024 to 2025 and held finance roles at Chubb Insurance, Twist Bioscience and Charles River Laboratories from 2016 to 2024.
On July 16, 2025, Anthony Tata resigned from the board of Coda Octopus Group, Inc. The filing says his resignation followed his Senate confirmation as Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, and that there were no disagreements with the company.
Resignation effective July 16, 2025 (date of resignation stated in filing)
Reason given: Senate confirmation as Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness
Filing states no disagreements between the company and Mr. Tata
Filing includes only Exhibit 104 (cover page interactive data file); no financial results are reported
Coda Octopus Group, Inc. disclosed that G. Tyler Runnels resigned from its Board of Directors on May 27, 2025. The company said there were no disagreements between it and Mr. Runnels. The filing does not give a reason for the resignation or name a replacement.
Director G. Tyler Runnels resigned from the Board on May 27, 2025.
The company states there were no disagreements between it and Mr. Runnels.
The filing includes only the Inline XBRL cover page exhibit and does not name a successor.
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