---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-048815"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IMAX"
cik: "0000921582"
company_name: "IMAX CORP"
filed_at: "2023-02-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T01:13:28.929158+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# IMAX appoints Elizabeth Gitajn as principal accounting officer effective March 6, 2023

## Summary
- Gitajn joins as SVP, Finance & Controller; previously VP Risk Management at Hudbay Minerals (2015-2023).
- Initial base salary CAD$285,000; target annual cash bonus 30% of base salary.
- Target annual equity award USD$150,000; one-time RSU grant of USD$100,000 vesting over 3 years.
- Gitajn is a CPA and holds certifications in treasury, internal audit, and information systems.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-048815
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IMAX
- cik: 0000921582
- company_name: IMAX CORP
- filed_at: 2023-02-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/921582/000119312523048815/0001193125-23-048815-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/921582/000119312523048815/d491105d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-048815
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-048815.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-048815.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Elizabeth Gitajn was appointed as principal accounting officer at IMAX CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: principal accounting officer
  source text: On February 22, 2023, the Board of Directors of IMAX Corporation (the “Company”) appointed Elizabeth Gitajn, age 57, as the Company’s principal accounting officer effective March 6, 2023 (the “Effective Date”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/921582/000119312523048815/0001193125-23-048815-index.htm

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