secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     COMTECH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP /DE/ (CMTL)
CIK:        0000023197
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-06-07T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000023197-23-000025
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Comtech appoints Bruce T. Crawford and Ellen M. Lord to Board of Directors
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- Appointed Lieutenant General (Ret.) Bruce T. Crawford and Hon. Ellen M. Lord as directors effective June 15, 2023, increasing board to nine members, eight independent.
- Crawford brings over 37 years of leadership, national security, IT and cybersecurity experience, including as Army CIO overseeing $15B IT budget.
- Lord served as Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, overseeing $400B annual budget, and previously President/CEO of Textron Systems.
- Director Lisa Lesavoy notified retirement effective immediately preceding next annual shareholder meeting, reducing board to eight members.
- New directors will serve on various committees: Crawford on Nominating/Governance, Science/Technology, Strategic; Lord on Audit, Science/Technology, Compensation.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/23197/000002319723000025/0000023197-23-000025-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/23197/000002319723000025/cmtl-20230602.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000023197-23-000025

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