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accession: "0001104659-24-001889"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CCOI"
cik: "0001158324"
company_name: "COGENT COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC."
filed_at: "2024-01-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T02:56:08.558898+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
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source: SEC EDGAR
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# Cogent amends CEO contract: term to 2026, 180k shares/year, retention grants of 75k shares to officers

## Summary
- Extended CEO David Schaeffer's employment term through Dec 31, 2026.
- Annual bonus for CEO based on Annualized Wavelength Revenue, capped at $667,000.
- CEO to receive 180,000 restricted shares annually in 2024-2026; 84k time-vesting, 96k performance-vesting.
- Modified performance measures for outstanding 2020-2023 awards due to data impossibility.
- Retention awards: CFO Thaddeus Weed (30k shares), CLO John Chang (30k), CRO James Bubeck (10k), VP Henry Kilmer (5k); vest Jan 3, 2027.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-001889
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CCOI
- cik: 0001158324
- company_name: COGENT COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-01-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158324/000110465924001889/0001104659-24-001889-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158324/000110465924001889/tm242151d1_8k.htm

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