---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-23-096344"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001536394"
company_name: "U.S. Lighting Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-12-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T11:16:50.280656+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CFO Donald Retreage Jr. retires; Michael Coates promoted to CFO at U.S. Lighting Group

## Summary
- Donald O. Retreage, Jr. retired as CFO effective December 15, 2023.
- Michael A. Coates, age 47, promoted from controller to CFO.
- Coates joined USLG in January 2023 as controller and principal accounting officer.
- Prior experience: senior tax analyst at PNC Private Bank Hawthorn and CPA.
- Coates holds MBA in Accounting from Cleveland State, served five years in US Navy.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-23-096344
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001536394
- company_name: U.S. Lighting Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-12-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1536394/000121390023096344/0001213900-23-096344-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1536394/000121390023096344/ea190170-8k_uslighting.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-23-096344
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-23-096344.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-23-096344.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michael A. Coates changed role as chief financial officer at U.S. Lighting Group, Inc..
  - Action: promoted
  - Role: chief financial officer
  source text: Upon Mr. Retreage’s retirement, our board promoted Michael A. Coates to the position of chief financial officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1536394/000121390023096344/0001213900-23-096344-index.htm
- Executive change
  Donald O. Retreage, Jr. retired as chief financial officer at U.S. Lighting Group, Inc..
  - Action: retired
  - Role: chief financial officer
  source text: On December 15, 2023, Donald O. Retreage, Jr. retired as US Lighting Group’s chief financial officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1536394/000121390023096344/0001213900-23-096344-index.htm

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