---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-24-027650"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CYAN"
cik: "0000768408"
company_name: "CYANOTECH CORP"
filed_at: "2024-08-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T07:55:55.911196+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cyanotech names Jennifer Rogerson CFO; Felicia Ladin retiring Sept 5, 2024

## Summary
- Jennifer Rogerson appointed VP of Finance; will become CFO/Treasurer on Sept 5, 2024 upon Felicia Ladin's retirement.
- Salary $195k, bonus eligible, options to purchase 50,000 shares vesting over 3 years.
- All four director nominees elected; 2024 Independent Director Stock Option Plan approved; Grant Thornton ratified as auditor.
- Board appointed Michael A. Davis Chairman; Audit, Nominating, Compensation committees formed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-027650
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CYAN
- cik: 0000768408
- company_name: CYANOTECH CORP
- filed_at: 2024-08-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/768408/000143774924027650/0001437749-24-027650-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/768408/000143774924027650/cyan20240823_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-24-027650
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-24-027650.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-24-027650.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jennifer Rogerson was named as Vice President of Finance and Administration at CYANOTECH CORP.
  - Action: named
  - Role: Vice President of Finance and Administration
  source text: On August 22, 2024, Cyanotech Corporation, a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), named Jennifer Rogerson, age 35, as its Vice President (“VP”) of Finance and Administration.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/768408/000143774924027650/0001437749-24-027650-index.htm
- Executive change
  Felicia Ladin departed as Chief Financial Officer at CYANOTECH CORP.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Felicia Ladin will remain as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), VP of Finance and Administration, and Treasurer until her retirement date of September 5, 2024, at which point Ms. Rogerson will become CFO, VP of Finance and Administration, and Treasurer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/768408/000143774924027650/0001437749-24-027650-index.htm

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