---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-21-103259"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AVAV"
cik: "0001368622"
company_name: "AeroVironment Inc"
filed_at: "2021-08-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T14:49:37.303076+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AeroVironment appoints Cindy Lewis to board; Arnold Fishman to retire at annual meeting

## Summary
- Cindy Lewis appointed as Class III director effective Aug 10, 2021; board size increased from 8 to 9.
- Arnold Fishman not standing for re-election, term ends at 2021 annual meeting on Sep 24, 2021.
- CEO Wahid Nawabi resigns as Class II director, nominated as Class III director at annual meeting for board balance.
- Board to decrease from 9 to 7 directors after annual meeting, with 3 Class I, 2 Class II, 2 Class III directors.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-21-103259
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AVAV
- cik: 0001368622
- company_name: AeroVironment Inc
- filed_at: 2021-08-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1368622/000110465921103259/0001104659-21-103259-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1368622/000110465921103259/tm2124765d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-21-103259
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-21-103259.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-21-103259.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Cindy K. Lewis was appointed as Class III director at AeroVironment Inc.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class III director
  source text: appointed Cindy K. Lewis to the Board as a Class III director, effective August 10, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1368622/000110465921103259/0001104659-21-103259-index.htm
- Executive change
  Arnold L. Fishman departed as director at AeroVironment Inc.
  - Action: resignation
  - Role: director
  source text: On August 9, 2021, Arnold L. Fishman, a member of the AeroVironment, Inc. (the "Company") Board of Directors (the "Board"), notified the Board that he would not stand for re-election as a director of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1368622/000110465921103259/0001104659-21-103259-index.htm
- Executive change
  Wahid Nawabi departed as Class II director at AeroVironment Inc.
  - Action: resignation
  - Role: Class II director
  source text: On August 9, 2021, Wahid Nawabi, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board, notified the Board that, contingent upon his nomination to stand for election as a Class III director at the Annual Meeting, he would resign as a Class II director effective as of the start of the Annual Meeting
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1368622/000110465921103259/0001104659-21-103259-index.htm

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