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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-23-032475"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CODA"
cik: "0001334325"
company_name: "Coda Octopus Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-09-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T18:54:17.153664+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Coda Octopus adopts clawback policy; annual meeting elects directors and ratifies auditor

## Summary
- Board approved Clawback Policy effective Oct 2, 2023 to comply with Nasdaq Rule 5608 and SEC Rule 10D-1.
- Annual meeting held Sep 12, 2023; all 5 director nominees elected with votes ranging from 5,273,219 to 6,238,138.
- Ratification of Frazier & Deeter as auditor approved: 8,539,002 for, 962,301 against, 75,909 abstain.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 6,139,692 for, 163,841 against, 78,077 abstain.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-23-032475
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CODA
- cik: 0001334325
- company_name: Coda Octopus Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-09-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1334325/000149315223032475/0001493152-23-032475-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1334325/000149315223032475/form8-k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Coda Octopus Group, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of Appointment of Frazier & Deeter, LLC. as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm at the 2023-09-12 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-09-12
  source text: 2. Ratification of Appointment of Frazier & Deeter, LLC. as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm 8,539,002 962,301 75,909
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1334325/000149315223032475/0001493152-23-032475-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Coda Octopus Group, Inc. shareholders approved Approval on an advisory basis of executive compensation at the 2023-09-12 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-09-12
  source text: 3. Approval on an advisory basis of executive compensation 6,139,692 163,841 78,077
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1334325/000149315223032475/0001493152-23-032475-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Coda Octopus Group, Inc. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-09-12 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-09-12
  source text: 1. Election of Directors Annmarie Gayle 6,238,138 -0- 143,472 Michael Hamilton 5,273,219 -0- 1,108,391 G. Tyler Runnels 5,827,013 -0- 554,597 Anthony Tata 6,230,407 -0- 151,203 Robert Harcourt 6,232,299 -0- 149,311
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1334325/000149315223032475/0001493152-23-032475-index.htm

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