---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-25-018158"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MSS"
cik: "0001892292"
company_name: "Maison Solutions Inc."
filed_at: "2025-02-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-26T02:32:52.536947+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Maison Solutions appoints Jacob Cao as COO; Tao Han resigns effective Feb 21, 2025

## Summary
- Tao Han resigned as COO, not due to any disagreement with the Company, effective Feb 21, 2025.
- Board appointed Xi (Jacob) Cao, age 38, as COO effective Feb 21, 2025; he served as Operations Manager at an El Monte store since June 2023.
- Employment agreement provides $96,000 annual base salary, at-will, initial one-year term with auto-renewal; includes non-compete and non-solicitation covenants.
- CEO John Xu stated Cao will oversee operating strategies, focusing on new policies for expansion; Lee Lee stores are fully integrated into financial statements.
- Press release dated Feb 27, 2025 announced the appointment; company explores synergistic growth opportunities in California and Arizona.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-25-018158
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MSS
- cik: 0001892292
- company_name: Maison Solutions Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-02-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1892292/000121390025018158/0001213900-25-018158-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1892292/000121390025018158/ea0232476-8k_maison.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Xi (Jacob) Cao was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at Maison Solutions Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On February 21, 2025, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) appointed Xi (Jacob) Cao to serve as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer, effective February 21, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1892292/000121390025018158/0001213900-25-018158-index.htm
- Executive change
  Tao Han resigned as Chief Operating Officer at Maison Solutions Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On February 21, 2025, Tao Han notified Maison Solutions Inc. (the “Company”) of his resignation as Chief Operating Officer of the Company, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1892292/000121390025018158/0001213900-25-018158-index.htm

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