---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000023197-22-000006"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CMTL"
cik: "0000023197"
company_name: "COMTECH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2022-01-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T20:45:30.361574+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Comtech appoints Michael Porcelain as CEO with base salary $780,000; Kornberg gets $500k/yr consulting

## Summary
- Michael Porcelain appointed CEO and President effective Dec 31, 2021; also joins Board on Jan 3, 2022.
- Porcelain's employment agreement: base salary $780,000, total direct compensation ≥ $3.15M per fiscal year.
- Fred Kornberg steps down as CEO after 50 years, remains Chairman and Senior Technology Advisor under consulting agreement.
- Consulting agreement pays Kornberg $500,000 annually plus Restricted Stock Grants of $1.25M (immediate) and $1M (Jan 2023), each vesting monthly over 12 months.
- Two new independent directors, Mark Quinlan and Wendi Carpenter, appointed effective Jan 3, 2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000023197-22-000006
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CMTL
- cik: 0000023197
- company_name: COMTECH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2022-01-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/23197/000002319722000006/0000023197-22-000006-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/23197/000002319722000006/cmtl-20211231.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000023197-22-000006
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000023197-22-000006.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000023197-22-000006.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Fred Kornberg departed as Chief Executive Officer at COMTECH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP /DE/.
  - Action: ceased serving
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Fred Kornberg ceased serving as CEO on December 31, 2021, after approximately fifty years of service to Comtech.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/23197/000002319722000006/0000023197-22-000006-index.htm
- Executive change
  Michael Porcelain was appointed as Director at COMTECH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP /DE/.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: and on January 3, 2022, was appointed a member of Comtech’s Board of Directors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/23197/000002319722000006/0000023197-22-000006-index.htm
- Executive change
  Michael Porcelain was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at COMTECH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP /DE/.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On December 31, 2021, Michael Porcelain was appointed Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") of Comtech
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/23197/000002319722000006/0000023197-22-000006-index.htm

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