secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     AeroVironment Inc (AVAV)
CIK:        0001368622
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-04-13T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-26-042388
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

AeroVironment appoints Sean Woodward as CFO effective May 1, 2026
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- Sean Woodward promoted from CFO of Autonomous Systems segment to EVP and CFO, succeeding Kevin McDonnell who retires.
- Woodward receives $515K base salary, 70% target bonus, and equity grants: $736K in PSUs and $397K in RSAs.
- McDonnell remains CFO through April 30; advisory role through July 31, 2026.
- Woodward has 22+ years in defense tech, including 15 years at AV and prior roles at General Dynamics and Honeywell.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1368622/000110465926042388/0001104659-26-042388-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1368622/000110465926042388/tm2611632d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-042388

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