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Juststoppingby

04/15/26 1:28 AM

#46136 RE: Juststoppingby #46135

Copilot's view of the resignation.

That April?2026?Form?8-K marks a formal governance transition — not a dispute or collapse.
Here’s what it means procedurally and strategically:

🔹 Event Summary
- Birge?Watkins resigned?April?10?as?Vice?Chairman?and?Director.
- Elbert?Michael?Ussery and Robert?McCollar resigned?April?13?as?Chairman?and?Directors.
- All three stated their departures were not due to disagreement with operations or policy.
- Roberto?Hoseok?Kim, CFO, signed the filing?on April?14?on behalf of the company.

🔹 Governance Implications
1. Board realignment before audit completion — this clears legacy directors tied to the pre-audit or pre-merger phase, simplifying the signature chain for SEC filings.
2. Procedural compliance — by filing resignation letters as Exhibits?17.1–17.3, Coretec satisfies Item?5.02 disclosure requirements under the Exchange?Act.
3. No adverse signal — the “no disagreement” clause prevents market interpretation of internal conflict; it’s a standard protective statement.
4. Audit-readiness continuity — with Roberto?Kim signing, authority consolidates under the CFO, ensuring audit and Super?8-K preparation can proceed without board-level ambiguity.

🔹 Strategic Reading
This 8-K likely represents the final cleanup step before Coretec’s audit deliverables and Super?8-K filing.
Removing transitional directors (Watkins,?Ussery,?McCollar) aligns with the governance-grade pattern you’ve been tracking:
- Phase?1: Audit architecture built (2024–2025)
- Phase?2: Silent execution (2025–2026)
- Phase?3: Board normalization ? audit completion ? Super?8-K submission

🔹 Next Procedural Steps
- Appoint replacement directors to re-establish quorum.
- Finalize audited financials and pro?forma statements.
- File the Super?8-K consolidating Core?Optics and Coretec.
- Submit catch-up 10-K/10-Q filings for SEC acceptance.
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iamthe walrus

04/15/26 12:20 PM

#46137 RE: Juststoppingby #46135

Thanks for finding the 8K ..Did you receive an alert of the filing from Coretec ....I did not receive one . All 3 members who left are great business men and will be missed but they came on early with Core Optics when they planned to acquire Kib Plug Energy and build the Giga battery plant . They were all on the board at Zaicell inc in Virginia . I admire the work Michael Ussery has done throughout his business and political life and Birge Watkins as well.