---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001731122-22-001122"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KAVL"
cik: "0001762239"
company_name: "Kaival Brands Innovations Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-06-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T22:59:31.644844+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kaival Brands CEO steps down; COO Mosser becomes President; preferred stock converted into 25M common shares

## Summary
- Nirajkumar Patel resigns as CEO and Treasurer, appointed Chief Science & Regulatory Officer; remains on board.
- COO Eric Mosser named President and principal executive officer; base salary increased to $300,000.
- Mosser and Patel each receive 250,000-share stock options at $1.72 exercise price, vesting over two years.
- Kaival Holdings converts 3,000,000 Series A Preferred shares into 25,000,000 common shares early, citing PMI licensing deal.
- Leadership changes position company for international expansion under Philip Morris agreement announced June 13, 2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001731122-22-001122
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KAVL
- cik: 0001762239
- company_name: Kaival Brands Innovations Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-06-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1762239/000173112222001122/0001731122-22-001122-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1762239/000173112222001122/e3859_8-k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Nirajkumar Patel was appointed as Chief Science and Regulatory Officer at Kaival Brands Innovations Group, Inc..
  - Action: resigned as Chief Executive Officer and Treasurer and appointed as Chief Science and Regulatory Officer
  - Role: Chief Science and Regulatory Officer
  source text: In connection with Mr. Patel’s resignation as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Treasurer, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) appointed Mr. Patel to serve as the Company’s Chief Science and Regulatory Officer, a newly created position, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1762239/000173112222001122/0001731122-22-001122-index.htm
- Executive change
  Eric Mosser was appointed as President at Kaival Brands Innovations Group, Inc..
  - Action: appointed as President
  - Role: President
  source text: On June 24, 2022, the Board appointed Eric Mosser, the Company’s current Chief Operating Officer, as President, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1762239/000173112222001122/0001731122-22-001122-index.htm

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