secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     META MATERIALS INC. (—)
CIK:        0001431959
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-10-20T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000950170-23-054397
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 5.02, 5.03, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Meta Materials terminates CEO George Palikaras, lowers stockholder quorum requirement
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- Board terminated George Palikaras from all positions (CEO, director) effective Oct 16, 2023.
- Palikaras receives severance: 1 year base salary (C$553,500), four quarterly bonuses, benefits, 12-mo accelerated option vesting.
- Bylaw amendment reduces stockholder-meeting quorum from majority to one-third of outstanding shares.
- No cause stated; severance terms indicate termination without cause under employment agreement.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1431959/000095017023054397/0000950170-23-054397-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1431959/000095017023054397/mmat-20231016.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-054397

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