---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171843-24-002398"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SHEN"
cik: "0000354963"
company_name: "SHENANDOAH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO/VA/"
filed_at: "2024-05-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T03:24:05.433385+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Shentel board expands to 10, appoints DiMola and DeNichilo; shareholders approve 2024 equity plan

## Summary
- Board size increased from 8 to 10; charter amended to allow max of 13 directors.
- James F. DiMola (GCM Grosvenor Managing Director) and Matthew S. DeNichilo (Energy Capital Partners Partner) appointed as directors.
- Shareholders approved the 2024 Equity Incentive Plan for executive compensation.
- Thomas A. Beckett, Richard L. Koontz Jr., and Leigh Ann Schultz re-elected for three-year terms.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-24-002398
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SHEN
- cik: 0000354963
- company_name: SHENANDOAH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO/VA/
- filed_at: 2024-05-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 5.07, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/354963/000117184324002398/0001171843-24-002398-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/354963/000117184324002398/f8k_050124.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-24-002398.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  James F. DiMola was appointed as Class 3 Director at SHENANDOAH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO/VA/.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class 3 Director
  source text: the Board increased the size of the Board from 8 to 10 and appointed (i) James F. DiMola to serve as a Class 3 Director for a term expiring at the Company’s 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/354963/000117184324002398/0001171843-24-002398-index.htm
- Executive change
  Matthew S. DeNichilo was appointed as Class 1 Director at SHENANDOAH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO/VA/.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class 1 Director
  source text: and (ii) Matthew S. DeNichilo to serve as a Class 1 Director for a term expiring at the 2025 Annual Meeting
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/354963/000117184324002398/0001171843-24-002398-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  SHENANDOAH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO/VA/: In connection with the Board Size Amendment, the Board adopted amended and restated bylaws providing that the Board shall fix the number of directors by resolution within the range specified in the amendment (effective 2024-04-30).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2024-04-30
  source text: In connection with the effectiveness of the Board Size Amendment, the Board adopted amended and restated bylaws of the Company (the “Bylaws”) to provide that the Board shall fix the number of directors by resolution from time to time within the range specified in the Board Size Amendment (the “Bylaw Amendment”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/354963/000117184324002398/0001171843-24-002398-index.htm

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