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accession: "0001628280-26-062772"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DAKT"
cik: "0000915779"
company_name: "DAKTRONICS INC /SD/"
filed_at: "2026-09-18T21:20:23+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-09-18T21:22:06.712780+00:00"
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source: SEC EDGAR
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# Daktronics boosts Acting CFO pay to $1.2M salary and $170K RSU grant; annual meeting proposals pass

## Summary
- Acting CFO Howard Atkins base salary raised to $1,200,000 annually, effective Sept 27, 2026.
- One-time RSU grant of $170,000 fair value vests over 3 years; fully vests upon permanent CFO appointment.
- Shareholders elected Dr. Lance D. Bultena and Dr. José-Marie Griffiths as directors for terms through 2029.
- Say-on-pay approved with 35,223,706 votes for; Deloitte & Touche LLP ratified as auditor for FY2027.
- Quorum of 93.2% (44,996,443 shares) represented at Sept 16, 2026 annual meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-062772
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DAKT
- cik: 0000915779
- company_name: DAKTRONICS INC /SD/
- filed_at: 2026-09-18T21:20:23+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915779/000162828026062772/0001628280-26-062772-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915779/000162828026062772/dakt-20260916.htm

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