{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001437749-21-022857","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"MLAB","cik":"0000724004","company_name":"MESA LABORATORIES INC /CO/","filed_at":"2021-09-29T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:04:20.618356+00:00","generated_at":"2026-06-29T00:49:45.620133+00:00","sec_items":["5.02","9.01"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.5,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.5,"confidence":"high","headline":"Mesa Labs CEO, CFO sign amended employment agreements; director David Kelly to retire April 2022","bullets":["Director David M. Kelly to retire from Board effective April 3, 2022, after 11 years of service.","New employment agreements with CEO Gary Owens (base salary $620k), CFO John Sakys, and SVPs DiNoia and Archbold, effective Sept 29, 2021.","Severance for termination without cause/good reason: 1x base+target bonus, 24 months COBRA, accelerated equity vesting.","On change of control, severance doubles to 2x base+target bonus and all unvested equity vests immediately.","Agreements are indefinite; CEO's seven-year-vesting equity from prior grant vests on voluntary resignation without good reason."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-21-022857","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-21-022857.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-21-022857.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-21-022857.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/724004/000143774921022857/0001437749-21-022857-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/724004/000143774921022857/mlab20210924_8k.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-06-29T00:49:45.620133+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"b57d8c01fa","claim":"David M. Kelly retired as Director at MESA LABORATORIES INC /CO/.","evidence_excerpt":"On September 24, 2021, David M. Kelly informed Mesa Laboratories, Inc. (the “ Company ”) of his planned retirement from the Board of Directors of the Company, including the Compensation Committee, to be effective as of close of business on April 3, 2022.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/724004/000143774921022857/0001437749-21-022857-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"retired"},{"label":"Role","value":"Director"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}