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Issuer:     MERCURY SYSTEMS INC (MRCY)
CIK:        0001049521
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-07-07T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001049521-23-000023
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 1.01, 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Mercury Systems appoints JANA's Scott Ostfeld to Board; Ballhaus becomes Chairman
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- Appointed Scott Ostfeld (Managing Partner at JANA Partners, ~8% holder) as Class II director; JANA agreed to vote for Company nominees.
- William Ballhaus, Interim CEO, becomes Chairman; William O'Brien and Mary Louise Krakauer retire from Board at 2023 annual meeting.
- Board reduced by two seats to nine directors; five of nine appointed in past two years.
- Ostfeld to serve on Human Capital/Compensation and M&A/Finance Committees; involved in CEO search.
- JANA granted voting flexibility if ISS or Glass Lewis recommends against stock incentive plan amendment.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1049521/000104952123000023/0001049521-23-000023-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1049521/000104952123000023/mrcy-20230706.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001049521-23-000023

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