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Issuer:     KVH INDUSTRIES INC DE (KVHI)
CIK:        0001007587
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-02-13T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001007587-24-000001
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.05, 2.06, 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

KVH Industries to cease manufacturing by Q2 2024, cut 20% of workforce, record $4M-$6M inventory impairment
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- Wind down manufacturing at Middletown, RI facility by end Q2 2024; reduce headcount ~75 (20% of workforce).
- Expected severance charges of $3.3M ($3M cash, $0.3M non-cash).
- Inventory impairment estimated $4M-$6M; $1.9M write-off for discontinued accounting system project.
- CFO Roger Kuebel to leave March 31, 2024; succeeded by Anthony Pike effective April 1, 2024.
- COO Robert Balog terminated; last day April 12, 2024.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1007587/000100758724000001/0001007587-24-000001-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1007587/000100758724000001/kvhi-20240209.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001007587-24-000001

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