---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950157-24-000321"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CABO"
cik: "0001632127"
company_name: "Cable One, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-03-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T04:45:21.051550+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cable One appoints Ken Johnson as COO; Chief Growth Officer Bowker to retire Apr 30

## Summary
- Ken Johnson, previously Chief Technology & Innovation Officer, appointed COO effective March 1, 2024.
- Base salary increased to $420k from $380k; one-time PSUs ($180k) and RSUs ($120k) granted.
- Michael Bowker, Chief Growth Officer, will retire around April 30, 2024; position eliminated.
- Johnson's responsibilities expand to include Residential and Business Services.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950157-24-000321
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CABO
- cik: 0001632127
- company_name: Cable One, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-03-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1632127/000095015724000321/0000950157-24-000321-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1632127/000095015724000321/form8-k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950157-24-000321
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950157-24-000321.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950157-24-000321.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michael E. Bowker departed as Chief Growth Officer at Cable One, Inc..
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Chief Growth Officer
  source text: Michael E. Bowker will retire from the Company on or about April 30, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1632127/000095015724000321/0000950157-24-000321-index.htm
- Executive change
  Kenneth E. Johnson was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at Cable One, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On March 1, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Cable One, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Kenneth E. Johnson to serve as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1632127/000095015724000321/0000950157-24-000321-index.htm

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