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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-24-105632"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AVAV"
cik: "0001368622"
company_name: "AeroVironment Inc"
filed_at: "2024-10-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T21:21:54.783321+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AeroVironment stockholders approve board declassification, officer exculpation at annual meeting

## Summary
- Board declassification and annual director election approved; effective Oct 1, 2024.
- Officer exculpation amendment approved, eliminating personal liability for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty.
- Directors Nawabi, Lewis, Votel re-elected as Class III directors (term through 2027).
- Deloitte & Touche LLP ratified as independent auditor for fiscal year ending Apr 30, 2025.
- Bylaws amended to allow director removal with or without cause by majority vote after declassification.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-105632
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AVAV
- cik: 0001368622
- company_name: AeroVironment Inc
- filed_at: 2024-10-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1368622/000110465924105632/0001104659-24-105632-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1368622/000110465924105632/tm2425465d1_8k.htm

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