---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-044516"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CECO"
cik: "0000003197"
company_name: "CECO ENVIRONMENTAL CORP"
filed_at: "2023-08-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T03:44:17.194724+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CECO Environmental COO departs; gets $630K severance plus RSUs

## Summary
- COO Ramesh Nuggihalli left Aug 20, 2023; separation agreement signed Aug 21.
- Severance: $630,000 (1.5x base salary), $20,000 outplacement, $318,970 prorated bonus.
- Accelerated vesting of 43,113 unvested RSUs from 2021-2022 grants.
- Benefits require release of claims and compliance with restrictive covenants.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-044516
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CECO
- cik: 0000003197
- company_name: CECO ENVIRONMENTAL CORP
- filed_at: 2023-08-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/3197/000095017023044516/0000950170-23-044516-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/3197/000095017023044516/ceco-20230821.htm

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