---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-23-022826"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CODA"
cik: "0001334325"
company_name: "Coda Octopus Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-06-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T14:45:06.682092+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Coda Octopus appoints Brig. Gen. Anthony Tata and Robert Harcourt to board; two directors retire

## Summary
- Captain Joseph Plumb and Mary Losty resigned from Board on June 26, 2023; no disagreements reported.
- Board elected Brigadier General Anthony J. Tata (U.S. Army, Ret.) and Robert R. Harcourt, CPA, to fill vacancies.
- Quarterly Board fee increased to $12,500; each new director received 6,273 shares as inducement grant, vesting in one year.
- Tata most recently served as Undersecretary of Defense for Policy; Harcourt is retired KPMG partner and former PCAOB associate director.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-23-022826
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CODA
- cik: 0001334325
- company_name: Coda Octopus Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-06-29T23:59:59+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/1334325/000149315223022826/0001493152-23-022826-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1334325/000149315223022826/form8-k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Robert R. Harcourt was elected as Director at Coda Octopus Group, Inc..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On June 26, 2023, the Board elected Anthony J. Tata and Robert R. Harcourt to fill Board vacancies created by the resignation of Captain Plumb and Ms. Losty.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1334325/000149315223022826/0001493152-23-022826-index.htm
- Executive change
  Anthony J. Tata was elected as Director at Coda Octopus Group, Inc..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On June 26, 2023, the Board elected Anthony J. Tata and Robert R. Harcourt to fill Board vacancies created by the resignation of Captain Plumb and Ms. Losty.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1334325/000149315223022826/0001493152-23-022826-index.htm
- Executive change
  Mary Losty resigned as Director at Coda Octopus Group, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On June 26, 2023, Captain Joseph Charles Plumb and Mary Losty resigned from the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Coda Octopus Group, Inc. (the “Company”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1334325/000149315223022826/0001493152-23-022826-index.htm
- Executive change
  Captain Joseph Charles Plumb resigned as Director at Coda Octopus Group, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On June 26, 2023, Captain Joseph Charles Plumb and Mary Losty resigned from the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Coda Octopus Group, Inc. (the “Company”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1334325/000149315223022826/0001493152-23-022826-index.htm

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