---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000807863-26-000038"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MITK"
cik: "0000807863"
company_name: "MITEK SYSTEMS INC"
filed_at: "2026-10-09T20:39:44+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T15:04:41.940761+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Mitek SVP of Sales Michael E. Diamond to leave Dec 8, 2026; severance under change-of-control plan

## Summary
- Michael E. Diamond, Senior Vice President of Sales, Check Verification and a fiscal 2026 named executive officer, will terminate employment on December 8, 2026.
- Company states Diamond will receive separation benefits for a termination without cause under its Executive Severance and Change of Control Plan, previously filed with the SEC.
- No successor or interim head of the Check Verification sales role was named in the filing.
- The October 9, 2026 report was signed by Chief Legal Officer Jason Gray.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000807863-26-000038
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MITK
- cik: 0000807863
- company_name: MITEK SYSTEMS INC
- filed_at: 2026-10-09T20:39:44+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/807863/000080786326000038/0000807863-26-000038-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/807863/000080786326000038/mitk-20261009.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000807863-26-000038
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000807863-26-000038.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000807863-26-000038.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michael E. Diamond departed as Senior Vice President of Sales, Check Verification at MITEK SYSTEMS INC.
  - Action: will terminate
  - Role: Senior Vice President of Sales, Check Verification
  source text: On October 9, 2026, Mitek Systems, Inc. (the “Company”), announced that the employment of Michael E. Diamond, Senior Vice President of Sales, Check Verification and one of the Company’s named executive officers for fiscal year 2026, will terminate on December 8, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/807863/000080786326000038/0000807863-26-000038-index.htm

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