---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-24-014673"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CODA"
cik: "0001334325"
company_name: "Coda Octopus Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-04-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T22:50:53.662699+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Coda Octopus appoints Gwenaël Rouy-Poirier to Board; Board expands to seven seats

## Summary
- Board expands to seven seats; Gwenaël Rouy-Poirier elected director effective April 15, 2024.
- Received inducement grant of 7,898 shares of common stock vesting on first anniversary of election.
- Over 27 years experience, most recently interim CFO at SHL Medical in 2023, Group CFO at GKN Aerospace ($4B) until 2022.
- Previously CFO roles at Honeywell, Nobel Biocare; holds Master of Management from EDHEC Business School.
- Company notes his strong financial background and defense industry ties; products deployed at Baltimore Key Bridge.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-24-014673
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CODA
- cik: 0001334325
- company_name: Coda Octopus Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-04-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1334325/000149315224014673/0001493152-24-014673-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1334325/000149315224014673/form8-k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Gwenaël Rouy-Poirier was elected as Director at Coda Octopus Group, Inc..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On April 10, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Coda Octopus Group, Inc. (the “Company”) elected Gwenaël Rouy-Poirier as a director, effective April 15, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1334325/000149315224014673/0001493152-24-014673-index.htm

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