---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000915779-25-000119"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DAKT"
cik: "0000915779"
company_name: "DAKTRONICS INC /SD/"
filed_at: "2025-08-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T22:02:48.573476+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Daktronics designates Atkins as principal accounting officer; interim CEO Wiemann to retire after succession

## Summary
- Howard I. Atkins (acting CFO) named principal accounting officer; Sheila Anderson remains Chief Data & Analytics Officer.
- New performance-based RSU awards for three covered NEOs with 3-year performance period (60% profit growth, 40% revenue growth).
- Grants: Anderson RSU $129,375, PSU $43,125; Kurtenbach RSU $131,250, PSU $43,750; Gatzke RSU $116,250, PSU $38,750.
- Interim CEO Wiemann to step down when new CEO starts, serve as advisor until Jan 1, 2026, then retire.
- Upon qualifying termination, Wiemann gets accelerated vesting of his RSU grant plus cash to reach at least $300,000.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000915779-25-000119
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DAKT
- cik: 0000915779
- company_name: DAKTRONICS INC /SD/
- filed_at: 2025-08-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915779/000091577925000119/0000915779-25-000119-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915779/000091577925000119/dakt-20250728.htm

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