---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001514416-26-000064"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BAND"
cik: "0001514416"
company_name: "Bandwidth Inc."
filed_at: "2026-09-04T12:14:55+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-09-04T12:20:06.737777+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bandwidth promotes Emily Harlan to GC; Asbill retires Dec 31

## Summary
- Emily Harlan named GC & Secretary effective Sept 1, 2026; succeeds Brandon Asbill retiring Dec 31, 2026.
- Harlan's employment agreement: $360K base salary, 50% target bonus, $1M RSU grant vesting over 3 years.
- Asbill transitions to GC Emeritus through Dec 31, retains base salary, gets RSU acceleration equal to 2026 target bonus.
- Harlan gets 12-month severance (salary+bonus+stipends) on qualifying termination; full RSU vesting after change in control.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001514416-26-000064
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BAND
- cik: 0001514416
- company_name: Bandwidth Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-09-04T12:14:55+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/1514416/000151441626000064/0001514416-26-000064-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1514416/000151441626000064/band-20260831.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001514416-26-000064
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001514416-26-000064.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Emily C. Harlan was appointed as General Counsel and Secretary at Bandwidth Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: General Counsel and Secretary
  source text: effective September 1, 2026, the Company appointed Emily C. Harlan to serve as its General Counsel and Secretary.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1514416/000151441626000064/0001514416-26-000064-index.htm
- Executive change
  R. Brandon Asbill departed as General Counsel Emeritus and Assistant Secretary at Bandwidth Inc..
  - Action: retire
  - Role: General Counsel Emeritus and Assistant Secretary
  source text: R. Brandon Asbill will retire from Bandwidth Inc. (the “Company”) on December 31, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1514416/000151441626000064/0001514416-26-000064-index.htm
- Executive change
  R. Brandon Asbill changed role as General Counsel Emeritus and Assistant Secretary at Bandwidth Inc..
  - Action: transitioned
  - Role: General Counsel Emeritus and Assistant Secretary
  source text: Effective September 1, 2026, Mr. Asbill transitioned to General Counsel Emeritus and Assistant Secretary and will serve in that non-executive advisory capacity through December 31, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1514416/000151441626000064/0001514416-26-000064-index.htm

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