---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-234414"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ATEX"
cik: "0001304492"
company_name: "Anterix Inc."
filed_at: "2024-10-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T17:45:19.965479+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Anterix appoints Scott Lang as President and CEO; Rob Schwartz steps down after a decade

## Summary
- Robert H. Schwartz steps down as CEO effective November 1, 2024, and will serve as an advisor to the Board.
- Scott A. Lang, former CEO of Silver Spring Networks, appointed President and CEO and principal executive officer.
- Lang receives $545,000 base salary, 100% target bonus, and two performance-based RSU awards each valued at $1 million.
- Schwartz's severance includes 2x base salary + target bonus, accelerated vesting of 68,788 time-based and 33,417 performance-based shares.
- Schwartz also gets 18 months COBRA, option extension up to 2 years, and change-in-control acceleration within 6 months.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-234414
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ATEX
- cik: 0001304492
- company_name: Anterix Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-10-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1304492/000119312524234414/0001193125-24-234414-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1304492/000119312524234414/d790440d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-234414
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-234414.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-234414.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Robert H. Schwartz resigned as Director at Anterix Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: In connection with the CEO Transition, Mr. Schwartz will resign from his service on the Company’s Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1304492/000119312524234414/0001193125-24-234414-index.htm
- Executive change
  Robert H. Schwartz departed as President and Chief Executive Officer at Anterix Inc..
  - Action: stepping down
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On October 8, 2024, Anterix Inc. (the “ Company ”) announced that Robert H. Schwartz is stepping down from his role as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer and will provide advisory services to the Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) to support a successful leadership transition through November 1, 2024 (the “ CEO Transition ”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1304492/000119312524234414/0001193125-24-234414-index.htm
- Executive change
  Scott A. Lang was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer at Anterix Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: Further, as part of the CEO Transition, the Board appointed Scott A. Lang, who has served as director since August 2024, as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1304492/000119312524234414/0001193125-24-234414-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.