---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-26-015873"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CPSH"
cik: "0000814676"
company_name: "CPS TECHNOLOGIES CORP/DE/"
filed_at: "2026-05-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T21:16:52.664902+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CPS Technologies appoints Christopher Fraser as CFO; Charles Griffith retiring

## Summary
- Fraser, former Precision Castparts controller, assumes CFO role on May 18, 2026.
- Outgoing CFO Charles Griffith to retire at end of May after 7 years with CPS.
- Fraser receives $270,000 annual salary, 60,000-share option grant (4-year vest), and $25,000 relocation.
- Fraser enters change-of-control severance agreement with 12 months salary continuation.
- CEO cites robust search process; Fraser's aerospace and manufacturing finance experience as key fit.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-26-015873
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CPSH
- cik: 0000814676
- company_name: CPS TECHNOLOGIES CORP/DE/
- filed_at: 2026-05-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/814676/000143774926015873/0001437749-26-015873-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/814676/000143774926015873/cpsh20260505_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-015873
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-015873.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-015873.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Charles K. Griffith Jr. departed as Chief Financial Officer at CPS TECHNOLOGIES CORP/DE/.
  - Action: retiring
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: He will assume his responsibilities on May 18, 2026 from Charles K. Griffith Jr., who will be retiring at the end of May.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/814676/000143774926015873/0001437749-26-015873-index.htm
- Executive change
  Christopher S. Fraser was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at CPS TECHNOLOGIES CORP/DE/.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On May 4, 2026, CPS Technologies Corp. (the "Company") issued a press release announcing the appointment of Christopher S. Fraser as its Chief Financial Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/814676/000143774926015873/0001437749-26-015873-index.htm

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