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Issuer:     MESA LABORATORIES INC /CO/ (MLAB)
CIK:        0000724004
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-03-23T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000724004-26-000030
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

CEO Gary Owens to depart by April 13; remains non-executive through June 22
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- Owens steps down as President and CEO effective ~April 13, 2026; stays in non-executive role until June 22, 2026.
- Owens resigned from the Board on March 20, 2026; no disagreement with Company cited.
- Transition Agreement provides severance of 1x base salary ($815K) plus 1x target bonus ($896.5K), prorated FY27 bonus, and accelerated vesting of certain equity awards.
- Owens eligible for up to $10,000 legal fee reimbursement; severance conditioned on signing a release of claims.
- No successor CEO has been named; Board is managing the transition.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/724004/000072400426000030/0000724004-26-000030-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/724004/000072400426000030/mlab20260323_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000724004-26-000030

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