---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-21-016146"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CODA"
cik: "0001334325"
company_name: "Coda Octopus Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-07-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T07:11:12.640197+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Coda Octopus appoints Kevin Kane as CEO of subsidiary Colmek; Midgley remains CFO

## Summary
- Kevin Kane appointed CEO of Coda Octopus Colmek effective July 6, 2021, replacing Michael Midgley.
- Michael Midgley continues as CFO of parent company Coda Octopus Group.
- Kane previously VP international business development at L3Harris Communications Systems.
- Compensation: $200,000 base salary, $12,000 performance bonus, 15,000 RSUs vesting over 3 years.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-21-016146
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CODA
- cik: 0001334325
- company_name: Coda Octopus Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-07-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1334325/000149315221016146/0001493152-21-016146-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1334325/000149315221016146/form8-k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-21-016146.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michael Midgley changed role as Chief Financial Officer at Coda Octopus Group, Inc..
  - Action: replaced
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: He is replacing Michael Midgley who served as both Chief Executive Officer of Colmek and as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1334325/000149315221016146/0001493152-21-016146-index.htm
- Executive change
  Kevin Kane was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Coda Octopus Colmek, Inc. at Coda Octopus Group, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer of Coda Octopus Colmek, Inc.
  source text: Effective July 6, 2021, Kevin Kane was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of Coda Octopus Colmek, Inc.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1334325/000149315221016146/0001493152-21-016146-index.htm

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