---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-23-031651"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CODA"
cik: "0001334325"
company_name: "Coda Octopus Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-09-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T23:50:32.945563+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Coda Octopus appoints John Price as CFO; Gayle Jardine steps down as interim CFO

## Summary
- John Price appointed CFO effective Nov 27, 2023, replacing interim CFO Gayle Jardine.
- Price receives $250,000 base salary, $50,000 restricted stock grant (3-year vest), and $20,000 relocation bonus.
- Price has 25+ years experience; most recently CFO at Assure Holdings; previously CFO at MusclePharm and Alliance MMA.
- Price is a CPA with background at Ernst & Young and public company financial reporting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-23-031651
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CODA
- cik: 0001334325
- company_name: Coda Octopus Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-09-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1334325/000149315223031651/0001493152-23-031651-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1334325/000149315223031651/form8-k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-23-031651.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Gayle Jardine departed as Interim Chief Financial Officer at Coda Octopus Group, Inc..
  - Action: stepped down
  - Role: Interim Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Effective November 27, 2023 (the “Effective Date”), Gayle Jardine will step down from her position as Interim Chief Financial Officer of Coda Octopus Group, Inc. (the “Company”), in connection with the appointment of a new Chief Financial Officer as disclosed below.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1334325/000149315223031651/0001493152-23-031651-index.htm
- Executive change
  John Price was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at Coda Octopus Group, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On August 30, 2023, the Company appointed John Price to be the Company’s Chief Financial Officer effective as of the Effective Date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1334325/000149315223031651/0001493152-23-031651-index.htm

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