---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001514416-22-000034"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BAND"
cik: "0001514416"
company_name: "Bandwidth Inc."
filed_at: "2022-02-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T06:06:52.430362+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bandwidth hires Anthony Bartolo as COO; RSU award of $3M, signing bonus $700k

## Summary
- Anthony Bartolo appointed COO effective Feb. 28, 2022; he previously led product at Avaya and Tata Communications.
- Annual base salary of $400,000 with target annual cash incentive of 75% of base salary (prorated for 2022).
- RSU grant valued at $3M vesting in four equal annual installments; one-time signing bonus of $700K subject to repayment if early departure.
- Severance upon qualifying termination: 100% base salary plus target bonus over 12 months; change-in-control severance at 150% each over 18 months.
- Post-employment non-competition and non-solicitation restriction for 12 months.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001514416-22-000034
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BAND
- cik: 0001514416
- company_name: Bandwidth Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-02-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1514416/000151441622000034/0001514416-22-000034-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1514416/000151441622000034/band-20220222.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001514416-22-000034.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Anthony F. Bartolo was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at Bandwidth Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On February 22, 2022, Bandwidth Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Bandwidth” or the “Company”), entered into an Employment Agreement (the “Employment Agreement”) with Anthony F. Bartolo, who will serve as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1514416/000151441622000034/0001514416-22-000034-index.htm

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