secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ZIFF DAVIS, INC. (ZD)
CIK:        0001084048
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-09-12T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001084048-22-000060
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.35
Item codes: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Ziff Davis names Layth Taki as CAO, replacing Steve Dunn effective Sept 27
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- Layth Taki, former SVP & CAO of Altice USA, becomes CAO; reports to CFO Bret Richter.
- Taki receives $400k base salary, $200k target bonus, equity awards of ~$750k plus pro-rata $700k.
- Outgoing CAO Steve Dunn to remain employee until Nov 22, 2022; gets severance of 1x base salary.
- Taki brings 18+ years at Altice/Cablevision plus PwC audit experience; CPA in New York.
- Dunn's separation includes 12 months COBRA and pro-rated 2022 bonus per Company bonus plan.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1084048/000108404822000060/0001084048-22-000060-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1084048/000108404822000060/jcom-20220906.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001084048-22-000060

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