---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-24-084883"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001536394"
company_name: "U.S. Lighting Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-10-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T21:27:40.688521+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# U.S. Lighting Group CEO and CFO resign; no successors named

## Summary
- Joseph Matozzo stepped down as CEO and Michael A. Coates as CFO on September 27, 2024.
- Departures were mutual decisions between the executives and the board of directors.
- No new CEO or CFO has been identified; a search is underway.
- Company is focused on launching Cortes Campers molded fiberglass 22-foot travel trailer.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-24-084883
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001536394
- company_name: U.S. Lighting Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-10-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1536394/000121390024084883/0001213900-24-084883-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1536394/000121390024084883/ea0216622-8k_uslight.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michael A. Coates departed as Chief Financial Officer at U.S. Lighting Group, Inc..
  - Action: stepped down
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On September 27, 2024, Joseph Matozzo and Michael A. Coates stepped down as the chief executive officer and chief financial officer, respectively
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1536394/000121390024084883/0001213900-24-084883-index.htm
- Executive change
  Joseph Matozzo departed as Chief Executive Officer at U.S. Lighting Group, Inc..
  - Action: stepped down
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On September 27, 2024, Joseph Matozzo and Michael A. Coates stepped down as the chief executive officer and chief financial officer, respectively
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1536394/000121390024084883/0001213900-24-084883-index.htm

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