---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-24-024710"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CVV"
cik: "0000766792"
company_name: "CVD EQUIPMENT CORP"
filed_at: "2024-06-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T03:05:55.011599+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Raymond Nielsen to retire from CVD Equipment board; not seeking reelection

## Summary
- Raymond A. Nielsen notified board on June 20, 2024, of retirement due to personal and business commitments.
- Nielsen chairs the Compensation Committee and will not stand for reelection at the 2024 Annual Meeting.
- His term as director will expire at the end of the 2024 Annual Meeting, and no replacement has been named.
- The company did not disclose any disagreement or change in other officer arrangements.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-24-024710
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CVV
- cik: 0000766792
- company_name: CVD EQUIPMENT CORP
- filed_at: 2024-06-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/766792/000149315224024710/0001493152-24-024710-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/766792/000149315224024710/form8-k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-24-024710
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-24-024710.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Raymond A. Nielsen retired as Director at CVD EQUIPMENT CORP.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Director
  source text: On June 20, 2023, Raymond A. Nielsen, a member of the Board of Directors of CVD Equipment Corporation (the “Company”) and chairperson of the Compensation Committee, notified the Board that, due to personal and business commitments, he intends to retire from the Company’s Board of Directors, and does not wish to seek reelection at the Company’s 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/766792/000149315224024710/0001493152-24-024710-index.htm

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