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accession: "0001213900-24-039189"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CMTL"
cik: "0000023197"
company_name: "COMTECH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2024-05-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T00:58:58.766513+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
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source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Comtech approves $4.0M retention bonus program for execs and key employees

## Summary
- Total program allocation ~$4.0M; bonuses paid in four quarterly installments over 12 months.
- CFO Bondi: $334,750.13; COO Hedden: $334,750.13; CLO Walther: $308,750.16; Treasurer Stallone: $150,000.03.
- Interim CEO John Ratigan voluntarily withdrew from the retention bonus program.
- Installment schedule: 12.5% at 3 months, 12.5% at 6 months, 25% at 9 months, 50% at 12 months.
- Program designed to retain talent during previously disclosed business disruptions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-24-039189
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CMTL
- cik: 0000023197
- company_name: COMTECH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2024-05-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/23197/000121390024039189/0001213900-24-039189-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/23197/000121390024039189/ea0205180-8k_comtech.htm

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