secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     AeroVironment Inc (AVAV)
CIK:        0001368622
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-09-30T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-21-121218
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.35
Item codes: 5.02, 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1368622/000110465921121218/0001104659-21-121218-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1368622/000110465921121218/tm2128865d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-21-121218

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