---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-21-121218"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AVAV"
cik: "0001368622"
company_name: "AeroVironment Inc"
filed_at: "2021-09-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T00:19:47.197120+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AeroVironment appoints Brian Shackley as CAO; shareholders approve 2021 equity plan; SEC grants HAPSMobile relief

## Summary
- Brian Shackley appointed Chief Accounting Officer effective Sept 24, 2021; he was VP and Corporate Controller since Dec 2017.
- Stockholders approved 2021 Equity Incentive Plan authorizing 1,240,000 shares plus shares from prior plan's outstanding awards.
- SEC granted Company permission to omit audited HAPSMobile financials from FY2021 10-K; no further amendment required.
- Board elected Edward Muller as Lead Independent Director on Sept 24, 2021.
- At annual meeting, Cindy K. Lewis and Wahid Nawabi elected Class III directors; Deloitte ratified; advisory votes on exec compensation and majority vote passed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-21-121218
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AVAV
- cik: 0001368622
- company_name: AeroVironment Inc
- filed_at: 2021-09-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1368622/000110465921121218/0001104659-21-121218-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1368622/000110465921121218/tm2128865d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-21-121218
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-21-121218.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-21-121218.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Brian Shackley was appointed as Chief Accounting Officer at AeroVironment Inc.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On September 24, 2021, the Company also appointed Brian Shackley, the Company’s current Vice President and Corporate Controller, as the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1368622/000110465921121218/0001104659-21-121218-index.htm

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