---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000023197-24-000084"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CMTL"
cik: "0000023197"
company_name: "COMTECH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2024-09-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T05:30:47.675395+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# COO Maria Hedden resigns from Comtech, effective Sept 13, 2024

## Summary
- Maria Hedden, Chief Operating Officer, notified resignation on Sept 6, 2024, effective Sept 13.
- No successor or interim COO has been announced in the filing.
- No reason for departure provided by the company.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000023197-24-000084
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CMTL
- cik: 0000023197
- company_name: COMTECH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2024-09-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/23197/000002319724000084/0000023197-24-000084-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/23197/000002319724000084/cmtl-20240906.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000023197-24-000084
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000023197-24-000084.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Maria Hedden resigned as Chief Operating Officer at COMTECH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP /DE/.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On September 6, 2024, Maria Hedden, Chief Operating Officer of Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (the "Company"), notified the Company of her decision to resign from the Company, effective as of September 13, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/23197/000002319724000084/0000023197-24-000084-index.htm

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