secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     AVIAT NETWORKS, INC. (AVNW)
CIK:        0001377789
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-12-03T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001377789-25-000121
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Aviat Networks appoints Andrew C. Schmidt as CFO, effective December 3, 2025
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- Salary $440K, target bonus 65% of base, LTI 100% of base, $330K equity grant (3-yr vest).
- Schmidt succeeds Andrew Fredrickson (interim CFO Aug 27–Dec 2, 2025) who returns to VP Corporate Finance.
- Schmidt brings >20 years public company CFO experience (Sientra, Iteris, Smith Micro) and aligns with Aviat's public safety and software strategy.
- Employment agreement includes 1x base+bonus severance for qualifying termination, 12-month non-compete.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1377789/000137778925000121/0001377789-25-000121-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1377789/000137778925000121/avnw-20251203.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001377789-25-000121

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