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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · AeroVironment (AVAV)

AeroVironment adopts nonqualified deferred compensation plan effective March 1, 2026

Neutral Impact 2 of 5 shareholder Written later

AeroVironment's Compensation Committee approved a Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan for key employees, named executive officers and non-employee directors, effective March 1, 2026. The filing also says the committee approved two presidents, Trace Stevenson and Mary Clum, as participants in the existing Executive Severance Plan.

Key points

  • Plan approved February 27, 2026, effective March 1, 2026; employees may defer up to 75% of base salary and all or part of cash bonuses
  • The Company will not provide matching contributions; administrative costs are paid by the Company
  • Trace Stevenson (President, Autonomous Systems) and Mary Clum (President, Space, Cyber & Directed Energy) added as Executive Severance Plan participants

The filing

CompanyAeroVironment (AVAV)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECMar 5, 2026, 4:02 PM ET
Accession number0001104659-26-024083

Items reported: 5.02 Director / Officer Change

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 12:59 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on March 05, 2026.

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