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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000023197-22-000023"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CMTL"
cik: "0000023197"
company_name: "COMTECH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2022-04-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T11:11:26.376322+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Comtech appoints Maria Hedden as COO effective March 28, 2022

## Summary
- Total direct compensation target of $1,000,000 includes base salary $485,000, non-equity incentive target $257,500, and equity awards.
- One-time equity award of $400,000 in RSUs with cliff vesting at five years.
- Hedden has 20+ years executive P&L experience at BAE Systems, L3Harris, and Leidos.
- She will lead operational excellence, production improvement, and customer satisfaction to scale the company.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000023197-22-000023
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CMTL
- cik: 0000023197
- company_name: COMTECH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2022-04-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- 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/23197/000002319722000023/0000023197-22-000023-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/23197/000002319722000023/cmtl-20220328.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000023197-22-000023
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000023197-22-000023.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000023197-22-000023.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Maria Hedden was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at COMTECH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP /DE/.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On March 30, 2022, Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (the "Company") announced the appointment of Maria Hedden as Chief Operating Officer of the Company effective as of March 28, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/23197/000002319722000023/0000023197-22-000023-index.htm

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