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Issuer:     MESA LABORATORIES INC /CO/ (MLAB)
CIK:        0000724004
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-03-09T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000724004-26-000020
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Mesa Labs appoints Siddhartha Kadia as CEO to succeed Gary Owens effective April 13, 2026
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- Gary Owens departs as President and CEO effective April 12, 2026; separation not due to any disagreement.
- Dr. Siddhartha Kadia appointed as President and CEO and to the Board, effective April 13, 2026.
- Kadia previously CEO of Calibre Scientific, PhenomeX/Berkeley Lights, and EAG Laboratories; over 20 years in life sciences.
- Compensation: $850k base salary, annual bonus target at least 100% of base, initial equity awards of $3M RSUs and $3M target PSUs.
- Board conducted comprehensive external search; Kadia's appointment part of long-term leadership strategy.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/724004/000072400426000020/0000724004-26-000020-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/724004/000072400426000020/mlab20260309_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000724004-26-000020

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