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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (HASI)

HASI adopts executive severance plan with tiered cash payments and COBRA benefits

Neutral Impact 2 of 5 shareholder Written later

HASI adopted an Executive Protection Plan on March 25, 2026, covering its CEO and certain management employees, with severance benefits effective May 1, 2026. The plan sets lump sum payments of 1.0 to 3.0 times salary plus average bonus, with higher multiples if a termination occurs within one year after a change in control. Shareholders may note this as a compensation arrangement that could raise payouts if executives are terminated, though the filing does not quantify total potential costs.

Key points

  • Plan adopted March 25, 2026; Tier A benefits for the CEO take effect May 1, 2026
  • Tier A severance is 3.0 times salary plus average bonus, with 24 months of COBRA; Tier B is 2.0 times (change in control) or 1.5 times (otherwise)
  • Benefits are conditioned on a release of claims, restrictive covenants and a signed participation agreement; no excise tax gross-up
  • Full plan text to be filed as an exhibit to the Form 10-Q for the quarter ending March 31, 2026

The filing

CompanyHannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (HASI)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECMar 27, 2026, 4:31 PM ET
Accession number0001193125-26-129174

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, 1:05 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 27, 2026.

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