---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-24-047178"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UAVS"
cik: "0000008504"
company_name: "AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc."
filed_at: "2024-11-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T21:26:34.114380+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AgEagle appoints L.B. Day to board of directors

## Summary
- L.B. Day appointed independent director effective Nov 17, 2024.
- Day will serve on Audit, Compensation, and chair Nominating & Corporate Governance Committees.
- Annual cash retainer of $60,000, prorated for partial year.
- Day previously served 27 years on Microchip Technology (MCHP) board and co-founded L.B. Day & Company.
- CEO Bill Irby cites Day's expertise in strategic planning and executive team development.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-24-047178
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UAVS
- cik: 0000008504
- company_name: AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-11-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8504/000149315224047178/0001493152-24-047178-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8504/000149315224047178/form8-k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-24-047178
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-24-047178.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-24-047178.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  L.B. Day was appointed as Independent Director at AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Independent Director
  source text: On November 17, 2024, the board of directors (the “Board”) of AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc. (the “Company”) appointed L.B. Day to serve as an independent director of the Company, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8504/000149315224047178/0001493152-24-047178-index.htm

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