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Issuer:     QUANTUM CORP /DE/ (QMCO)
CIK:        0000709283
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-06-18T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-25-142697
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 5.02, 5.03, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Quantum appoints Hugues Meyrath CEO with $550K salary; cuts shareholder quorum to 1/3
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- Hugues Meyrath becomes CEO: $550K base salary, 100% target bonus, 100K RSUs + 100K options vesting over 4 years.
- Severance: 12 months base salary (non-change of control) or 18 months salary + bonus + full equity acceleration (change of control).
- Bylaws amended to reduce stockholder quorum to one-third of outstanding shares.
- Change of Control Agreement provides 150% of base + incentive lump sum and COBRA premium reimbursement.
- Future performance-based RSUs possible; awards subject to LCC approval and share availability.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/709283/000119312525142697/0001193125-25-142697-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/709283/000119312525142697/d45411d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-142697

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