---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000023197-23-000077"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CMTL"
cik: "0000023197"
company_name: "COMTECH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2023-12-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T11:30:19.607940+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Comtech stockholders elect all six director nominees and approve advisory say-on-pay at annual meeting

## Summary
- All six board nominees elected; support ranged from 96.8% to 98.7% of votes cast.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved with 88.0% support; frequency vote chose 1-year (94.1%).
- Ratification of Deloitte & Touche as auditor for FY24 approved with 99.7%.
- 2023 Equity and Incentive Plan approved with 96.2% of votes cast.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000023197-23-000077
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CMTL
- cik: 0000023197
- company_name: COMTECH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2023-12-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/23197/000002319723000077/0000023197-23-000077-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/23197/000002319723000077/cmtl-20231214.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  COMTECH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP /DE/ shareholders approved Approval (On an Advisory Basis) of the Compensation of the Named Executive Officers at the 2023-12-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-12-14
  source text: The advisory vote on the compensation of Named Executive Officers of the Company was approved at the Annual Meeting by the following votes: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 19,255,793 or 88.0% 2,635,570 1,486,308 2,694,117
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/23197/000002319723000077/0000023197-23-000077-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  COMTECH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP /DE/ shareholders approved Election of Six Directors at the 2023-12-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-12-14
  source text: All nominees for election to the Board of Directors of the Company listed in the Definitive Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting were elected as follows: Nominee For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes Ken Peterman 22,964,116 or 98.3% 404,980 8,575 2,694,117 Rear Admiral (Ret.) Wendi B. Carpenter 22,626,046 or 96.8% 743,584 8,041 2,694,117 Lieutenant General (Ret.) Bruce T. Crawford 23,069,565 or 98.7% 297,720 10,386 2,694,117 The Honorable Ellen M. Lord 23,066,927 or 98.7% 299,998 10,746 2,694,117 Mark R. Quinlan 22,723,029 or 97.2% 646,035 8,607 2,694,117 Dr. Yacov A. Shamash 22,839,780 or 97.7% 529,693 8,198 2,694,117
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/23197/000002319723000077/0000023197-23-000077-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  COMTECH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP /DE/ shareholders approved Advisory Vote to Approve the Frequency of Future Advisory Votes on the Compensation of the Named Executive Officers at the 2023-12-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-12-14
  source text: The advisory vote to approve the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of the Named Executive Officers was approved at the Annual Meeting by the following votes: 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Abstain 21,659,940 or 94.1% 56,197 or 0.2% 1,297,315 or 5.6% 364,219
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/23197/000002319723000077/0000023197-23-000077-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  COMTECH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP /DE/ shareholders approved Approval of the Comtech Telecommunications Corp. 2023 Equity and Incentive Plan at the 2023-12-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-12-14
  source text: The 2023 Plan was approved at the Annual Meeting by the following votes: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 22,465,922 or 96.2% 898,200 13,549 2,694,117
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/23197/000002319723000077/0000023197-23-000077-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  COMTECH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP /DE/ shareholders approved Ratification of the Selection of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2023-12-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-12-14
  source text: The non-binding ratification of the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending July 31, 2024 was approved at the Annual Meeting by the following votes: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 25,979,160 or 99.7% 81,128 11,500 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/23197/000002319723000077/0000023197-23-000077-index.htm

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