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Issuer:     SAGA COMMUNICATIONS INC (SGA)
CIK:        0000886136
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-08-25T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001558370-22-013956
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 5.01, 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Founder Edward K. Christian dies, converting 65% voting power into ~16% Class A ownership; Lada named interim CEO
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- Edward K. Christian passed away Aug 19, 2022; held ~65% combined voting power; shares convert to Class A.
- Upon estate settlement, Edward K. Christian Trust will own 965,149 Class A shares (~15.95% of outstanding).
- Michael Dallaire (nephew) and Judith Christian (spouse) are co-trustees.
- Warren S. Lada appointed Interim President and CEO, with $750k annual base salary, discretionary bonus, transportation and benefits.
- Gary G. Stevens appointed Interim Chairman; he was previously Lead Independent Director.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886136/000155837022013956/0001558370-22-013956-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/886136/000155837022013956/sga-20220821x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-22-013956

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