---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-22-015410"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CODA"
cik: "0001334325"
company_name: "Coda Octopus Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-05-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T05:48:53.820208+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CFO Michael Midgley resigns; Nathan Parker appointed effective June 13, 2022

## Summary
- Michael Midgley steps down as CFO for personal reasons, effective June 13, 2022; will provide transitional support.
- Nathan Parker appointed CFO effective June 13, 2022; previously CFO at Franklin Electric Water Treatment and RDI Group.
- Parker's compensation: $230,000 base salary, $50,000 in stock options (3-year vest), $20,000 sign-on bonus.
- Severance provisions: 1 month salary if terminated in year 1; 3 months in year 2; 6 months in year 3.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-22-015410
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CODA
- cik: 0001334325
- company_name: Coda Octopus Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-05-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1334325/000149315222015410/0001493152-22-015410-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1334325/000149315222015410/form8-k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Nathan Parker was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at Coda Octopus Group, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On May 24, 2022, Coda Octopus Group, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Nathan Parker to be the Company’s Chief Financial Officer effective as June 13, 2022 (the “Effective Date”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1334325/000149315222015410/0001493152-22-015410-index.htm
- Executive change
  Michael Midgley departed as Chief Financial Officer at Coda Octopus Group, Inc..
  - Action: stepping down
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Michael Midgley, Chief Financial Officer of Coda Octopus Group, Inc. (the “Company”), has notified the Company that he will be stepping down from his positions with the Company for personal reasons, effective June 13, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1334325/000149315222015410/0001493152-22-015410-index.htm

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