---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001731122-24-000416"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KAVL"
cik: "0001762239"
company_name: "Kaival Brands Innovations Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-03-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T22:27:27.065021+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kaival Brands appoints Nirajkumar Patel as CEO; Eric Mosser resigns as President and Interim CEO

## Summary
- Eric Mosser resigned as President and Interim CEO effective March 8, 2024; no disagreement cited.
- Board appointed Nirajkumar Patel (former Chief Science and Regulatory Officer) as CEO on March 7, 2024.
- Eric Morris appointed as Interim CFO on March 7, 2024, until a successor is appointed.
- No employment agreement yet with Patel; no family relationships or undisclosed transactions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001731122-24-000416
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KAVL
- cik: 0001762239
- company_name: Kaival Brands Innovations Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-03-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1762239/000173112224000416/0001731122-24-000416-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1762239/000173112224000416/e5492_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Eric Mosser resigned as President and Interim Chief Executive Officer at Kaival Brands Innovations Group, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: President and Interim Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On March 8, 2024, Eric Mosser, President and the Interim Chief Executive Officer of the Company, provided written notice to the Company’s Board of his resignation, effectively immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1762239/000173112224000416/0001731122-24-000416-index.htm
- Executive change
  Eric Morris was appointed as Interim Chief Financial Officer at Kaival Brands Innovations Group, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On March 7, 2024, the Board appointed Eric Morris as the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer, to serve in such capacity until a successor is duly appointed and approved by the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1762239/000173112224000416/0001731122-24-000416-index.htm
- Executive change
  Nirajkumar Patel was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at Kaival Brands Innovations Group, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On March 7, 2024, the Board appointed Nirajkumar Patel, the Company’s Chief Science and Regulatory Officer, as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1762239/000173112224000416/0001731122-24-000416-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.