---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001819810-22-000163"
form_type: "8-K/A"
ticker: "RDW"
cik: "0001819810"
company_name: "Redwire Corp"
filed_at: "2022-11-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T14:16:25.698366+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Redwire President Andrew Rush to depart Dec 9; CEO Peter Cannito assumes role

## Summary
- Andrew Rush, President and COO, to leave Redwire effective Dec 9, 2022; role absorbed by Chairman/CEO Peter Cannito.
- Separation agreement provides $381,750 severance paid over 12 months plus pro-rated 2022 bonus.
- Unvested RSUs (76,350 from 2021, 38,175 from 2022) and options (152,700 from 2021, 76,350 from 2022) continue to vest through severance period.
- 297,000 Tranche II Class P Units in AE Red Holdings will also continue vesting without employment requirement.
- Reaffirms restrictive covenants; Rush will provide consulting as needed for no extra consideration.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001819810-22-000163
- form_type: 8-K/A
- ticker: RDW
- cik: 0001819810
- company_name: Redwire Corp
- filed_at: 2022-11-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819810/000181981022000163/0001819810-22-000163-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819810/000181981022000163/rdw-20221120.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001819810-22-000163.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Andrew Rush was terminated as President and Chief Operating Officer at Redwire Corp.
  - Action: terminated
  - Role: President and Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On November 20, 2022, Redwire Corporation (the “Company”) and Andrew Rush, current President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company, mutually agreed that Mr. Rush’s employment with the Company would terminate, effective December 9, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819810/000181981022000163/0001819810-22-000163-index.htm
- Executive change
  Peter Cannito was appointed as President at Redwire Corp.
  - Action: assumed
  - Role: President
  source text: The role of president will be assumed by Peter Cannito, the current Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819810/000181981022000163/0001819810-22-000163-index.htm

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