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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-26-032038"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CODA"
cik: "0001334325"
company_name: "Coda Octopus Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-07-06T10:02:39+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-06T10:05:05.557902+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Coda Octopus Group appoints Mark Kelly as CFO effective Aug 3, 2026; interim CFO Gayle Jardine retires

## Summary
- Gayle Jardine, interim CFO, to retire effective August 3, 2026.
- Mark Kelly appointed CFO effective August 3, 2026, subject to three-month probationary period.
- Kelly's base salary: £165,000 (~$218,625); eligible for discretionary annual bonuses.
- Kelly receives restricted stock grant valued at $40,000, vesting in two equal annual installments from Oct 31, 2027, subject to performance milestones.
- Kelly previously Finance Director at Medac Pharma, Head of Glasgow Finance at Chubb Insurance, and other finance roles.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-26-032038
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CODA
- cik: 0001334325
- company_name: Coda Octopus Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-07-06T10:02:39+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/1334325/000149315226032038/0001493152-26-032038-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1334325/000149315226032038/form8-k.htm

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