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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-044785"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0000730255"
company_name: "CalAmp Corp."
filed_at: "2023-08-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T03:12:16.287419+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.9
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CalAmp CEO Jeff Gardner dies unexpectedly; Jason Cohenour appointed interim CEO

## Summary
- CEO Jeff Gardner passed away August 27, 2023 from presumed natural causes.
- Director Jason Cohenour named Interim CEO effective immediately.
- Board expressed condolences and gratitude for Gardner's leadership.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-044785
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0000730255
- company_name: CalAmp Corp.
- filed_at: 2023-08-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.9
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/730255/000095017023044785/0000950170-23-044785-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/730255/000095017023044785/camp-20230827.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-044785
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-044785.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-044785.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jeff Gardner departed as President and Chief Executive Officer at CalAmp Corp..
  - Action: passed away
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Jeff Gardner, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday August 27th due to presumed natural causes.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/730255/000095017023044785/0000950170-23-044785-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jason Cohenour was named as Interim Chief Executive Officer at CalAmp Corp..
  - Action: named
  - Role: Interim Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Jason Cohenour, Director on CalAmp’s Board of Directors, has been named Interim Chief Executive Officer by the board, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/730255/000095017023044785/0000950170-23-044785-index.htm

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