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Issuer:     SHENANDOAH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO/VA/ (SHEN)
CIK:        0000354963
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-07-31T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001171843-25-004925
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 5.02, 5.03, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Shentel appoints Edward McKay President & CEO; Chris French becomes Executive Chairman
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- Transition effective September 1, 2025. McKay currently EVP & COO, joined Shentel in 2004.
- French's annual base salary moves to $450,000 with 80% target bonus; McKay's to $550,000 with 90%.
- Board amended bylaws to create Executive Chairman role, effective July 29, 2025.
- McKay will oversee sales, marketing, engineering, IT, and customer service as CEO.
- Succession planning spanned five years; French remains active as Executive Chairman.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/354963/000117184325004925/0001171843-25-004925-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/354963/000117184325004925/f8k_073125.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-25-004925

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