---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171843-24-004293"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SHEN"
cik: "0000354963"
company_name: "SHENANDOAH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO/VA/"
filed_at: "2024-07-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T14:34:38.893395+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Shenandoah Telecommunications appoints Michael Rhymes to board, increasing size to 11

## Summary
- Board increased from 10 to 11 directors; Rhymes appointed as Class 2 Director effective July 30, 2024.
- Rhymes serves on Audit Committee; term expires at 2025 annual meeting or until successor elected.
- Rhymes is CIO of Entergy (NYSE: ETR), with prior IT leadership at Gates, Eaton, and Accenture.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-24-004293
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SHEN
- cik: 0000354963
- company_name: SHENANDOAH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO/VA/
- filed_at: 2024-07-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/354963/000117184324004293/0001171843-24-004293-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/354963/000117184324004293/f8k_073124.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-24-004293
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-24-004293.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-24-004293.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michael A. Rhymes was appointed as Class 2 Director at SHENANDOAH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO/VA/.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class 2 Director
  source text: On July 30, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Shenandoah Telecommunications Company (the “Company”) increased the size of the Board from 10 to 11 and appointed Michael A. Rhymes to serve as a Class 2 Director, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/354963/000117184324004293/0001171843-24-004293-index.htm

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