---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000709283-22-000020"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "QMCO"
cik: "0000709283"
company_name: "QUANTUM CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2022-06-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T01:25:44.801030+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Quantum director Raghavendra Rau not standing for re-election at 2022 annual meeting

## Summary
- Lead Independent Director Raghavendra Rau will not stand for re-election at the upcoming 2022 annual meeting.
- Rau also chairs the Leadership and Compensation Committee and serves on the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee.
- His decision to step down was not the result of any disagreement with the company.
- Rau's departure is effective upon the conclusion of the 2022 annual meeting of stockholders.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000709283-22-000020
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: QMCO
- cik: 0000709283
- company_name: QUANTUM CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2022-06-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/709283/000070928322000020/0000709283-22-000020-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/709283/000070928322000020/qtm-20220616.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000709283-22-000020
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000709283-22-000020.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000709283-22-000020.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Raghavendra Rau departed as Director at QUANTUM CORP /DE/.
  - Action: not stand for re-election
  - Role: Director
  source text: On June 14, 2022, Raghavendra Rau, a member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Quantum Corporation (the “Company”), informed the Company of his decision not to stand for re-election as a member of the Board at the Company’s upcoming 2022 annual meeting of stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/709283/000070928322000020/0000709283-22-000020-index.htm

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