---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001654954-22-009362"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BKTI"
cik: "0000002186"
company_name: "BK Technologies Corp"
filed_at: "2022-07-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T19:59:59.846957+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BK Tech declares $0.03 dividend, appoints interim CFO Malmanger, names Cerminara chairman

## Summary
- CFO Bill Kelly retired June 30; Scott Malmanger appointed interim CFO effective July 1.
- Board declared $0.03/share quarterly dividend payable Aug 8 to holders of record July 25 (25th consecutive quarter).
- Kyle Cerminara named Chairman of the Board replacing E. Gray Payne, who remains a director.
- All seven director nominees elected at annual meeting; MSL, P.A. ratified as auditor for FY2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001654954-22-009362
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BKTI
- cik: 0000002186
- company_name: BK Technologies Corp
- filed_at: 2022-07-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2186/000165495422009362/0001654954-22-009362-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2186/000165495422009362/bkti_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001654954-22-009362
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001654954-22-009362.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001654954-22-009362.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Scott Malmanger was appointed as interim Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary at BK Technologies Corp.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: interim Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary
  source text: On June 30, 2022, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) appointed Scott Malmanger as a consultant to serve as the Company’s interim Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2186/000165495422009362/0001654954-22-009362-index.htm
- Executive change
  William P. Kelly resigned as Chief Financial Officer at BK Technologies Corp.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On June 30, 2022, Mr. Kelly formally resigned as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2186/000165495422009362/0001654954-22-009362-index.htm

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