secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     AVIAT NETWORKS, INC. (AVNW)
CIK:        0001377789
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-10-06T20:31:53+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-26-065243
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.40
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2

Aviat Networks names Khashayar "Hash" Pakbaz SVP and Chief Operations Officer
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- Khashayar "Hash" Pakbaz, 59, was appointed SVP and Chief Operations Officer on Oct 5, 2026; he joined Aviat on June 1, 2026 as VP, Chief Digital & Information Officer.
- Employment agreement sets annual base salary of $365,000, an Annual Incentive Plan target of 50% of base salary starting FY2027, and a Long-Term Incentive target of 50% of base salary.
- Pakbaz receives a one-time restricted stock unit award valued at $200,000 vesting over two years; the agreement runs to Oct 5, 2027 and auto-extends annually.
- A Qualifying Termination pays a lump sum of 1.0x base salary plus prorated target bonus and up to 12 months of COBRA premiums; a 12-month non-solicit applies.
- A change-in-control termination within 3 months prior or 12 months after a CIC pays 1.0x salary plus target bonus, full equity vesting, and up to 18 months COBRA.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1377789/000162828026065243/0001628280-26-065243-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1377789/000162828026065243/avnw-20261005.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-065243

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