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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
Departure of Daniel L. Hodges and John E. Howell
On August 31, 2022, the Board of Directors of COMSovereign Holding Corp. (the "Company") accepted the resignation of co-founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) Daniel L. Hodges, effective September 1, 2022. The Board also concurrently accepted the resignation of co-founder, President and Board member John Howell, effective on September 1, 2022.
Mr. Hodges’s decision to resign as Chief Executive Officer and from the Board was not related to any disagreements with the Company on any matter relating to its operations, policies or practices or any issues regarding financial disclosures, accounting or legal matters.
Mr. Howell’s decision to resign as President and from the Board was not related to any disagreements with the Company on any matter relating to its operations, policies or practices or any issues regarding financial disclosures, accounting or legal matters.
Appointment of Interim Chief Executive Officer
The Board has appointed David Knight as the Company’s Interim Chief Executive Officer effective September 1, 2022. The Board is engaged in a search and review of permanent CEO candidates.
Mr. Knight has led turnarounds and transformations of multiple technology and services companies. He previously served as CEO of Dispersive Holdings, a cybersecurity company based in Atlanta, GA from April 2021 through March 2022, and was a member of their board of directors from January 2020 through March 2021. From November 2020 through April 2021, Mr. Knight operated his consultancy company, GlenWest Advisors. Previously, he was CEO of Federos (acquired by Oracle) from April 2016 through November 2020, and was a member of their board of directors from November 2017 through April 2020. Prior to that, Mr. Knight held senior management positions at Motorola, SEI and at Micromuse where he was responsible for the acquisition and integration of over $200 million in subsidiaries and partnerships prior to the firm’s purchase by IBM. He holds a master’s degree in management from Northwestern’s Kellogg School and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Valparaiso University.
Pursuant to the terms of an Employment Memorandum, dated as of September 1, 2021 (the “Employment Memo”), between the Company and Mr. Knight, Mr. Knight will receive (i) an annual base salary of $180,000; (ii) a signing bonus in the amount of $60,000; (iii) eligibility to receive grants under the terms of the Company’s 2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan; and (iv) the right to participate in all benefit plans offered to the Company’s senior executive officers. The Employment Memo is for an initial term of up to 60 days.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
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| 10.1 | Employment Memo dated September 1, 2022 between the COMS and David Knight. | |
| 99.1 | Press release dated September 1, 2022 announcing departures of Hodges & Howell, and Knight appointment. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
| Date: September 7, 2022 | COMSOVEREIGN HOLDING CORP. | |
| By: | /s/ Daniel Knight | |
| Daniel Knight | ||
| Interim Chief Executive Officer | ||
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