NOTE 1 – ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

Coda Octopus Group, Inc. (“Coda,” “the Company,” or “we”) operates two distinct operating business units. These are the Marine Technology Business (“Products Business”, “Products Operations” or “Products Segment”) and the Marine Engineering Business (“Services Business”, “Engineering Business” or “Engineering Operations”). The Marine Technology Business sells technology solutions to the subsea and underwater markets. These are designed, developed, manufactured and supported by the Business. Among the solutions it designs and develops, and which currently is its main revenue generating product, is its real time 3D volumetric imaging sonar which is a patented unique and leading product in the subsea/underwater market and marketed under the name Echoscope^® and Echoscope PIPE® - PIPE is an acronym for Parallel Intelligent Processing Engine. It also recently launched a new diver management system (Diver Augmented Vision Display (DAVD)) system addressing the global defense and commercial diving market and which it believes is a significant part of its growth pillars. The requirements for the DAVD system emanated from Office of Naval Research and the concept of using a pair of transparent glasses in the Head up Display (HUD) is patented and licensed to the Company by United States Department of the Navy at Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division. The Marine Engineering Business are sub-contractors to Prime Defense Contractor and generally supplies proprietary sub-assemblies to these Primes for incorporation into broader mission critical defense systems. These parts typically are supplied for the life of the program to which they pertain.

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Coda Octopus Group, Inc. and our domestic and foreign subsidiaries. All significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in the consolidated financial statements.