---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-109448"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IMAX"
cik: "0000921582"
company_name: "IMAX CORP"
filed_at: "2022-04-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T06:45:13.297199+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# IMAX promotes Natasha Fernandes to CFO, effective May 1, 2022

## Summary
- Natasha Fernandes appointed CFO effective May 1, succeeding interim CFO Joseph Sparacio.
- Fernandes has 15 years at IMAX, most recently as Deputy CFO and SVP overseeing global finance.
- She led the Company's $200M convertible debt offering in 2021 and a new credit agreement.
- Fernandes will report directly to CEO Rich Gelfond; no family or related-party transactions disclosed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-109448
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IMAX
- cik: 0000921582
- company_name: IMAX CORP
- filed_at: 2022-04-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/921582/000119312522109448/0001193125-22-109448-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/921582/000119312522109448/d355989d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Joseph Sparacio changed role as Interim Chief Financial Officer at IMAX CORP.
  - Action: concluded his role
  - Role: Interim Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On April 30, 2022, Joseph Sparacio will conclude his role as Interim Chief Financial Officer and Principal Financial Officer of IMAX Corporation (the “Company”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/921582/000119312522109448/0001193125-22-109448-index.htm
- Executive change
  Natasha Fernandes was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at IMAX CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: The Board of Directors of the Company appointed Natasha Fernandes as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, effective May 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/921582/000119312522109448/0001193125-22-109448-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.