---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-22-021802"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CVV"
cik: "0000766792"
company_name: "CVD EQUIPMENT CORP"
filed_at: "2022-09-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T16:57:00.190291+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CVD Equipment CFO Thomas McNeill resigns; Richard Catalano appointed

## Summary
- Thomas McNeill resigned as CFO, EVP, Secretary, Treasurer effective Aug 30, 2022; no dispute or disagreement.
- McNeill receives severance of $104,125 over 21 weeks, bonus of $29,988, accrued vacation of $29,469.95, and extended stock option exercise period.
- Richard Catalano appointed CFO, VP, Secretary, Treasurer effective Aug 30, 2022; brings 37 years at KPMG as audit partner, CPA.
- Catalano's initial base salary is $250,000, eligible for bonus plan, granted stock options for 20,000 shares vesting in four equal installments.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-22-021802
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CVV
- cik: 0000766792
- company_name: CVD EQUIPMENT CORP
- filed_at: 2022-09-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/766792/000143774922021802/0001437749-22-021802-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/766792/000143774922021802/cvv20220901_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-22-021802.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Richard Catalano was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at CVD EQUIPMENT CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On August 30, 2022, the Board of Directors appointed Richard Catalano as Chief Financial Officer, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer of the Company, effective as of August 30, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/766792/000143774922021802/0001437749-22-021802-index.htm
- Executive change
  Thomas McNeill resigned as Chief Financial Officer at CVD EQUIPMENT CORP.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Effective as of August 30, 2022, Thomas McNeill, the Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer of CVD Equipment Corporation (the “Company”), resigned from all positions with the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/766792/000143774922021802/0001437749-22-021802-index.htm

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