19 material Form 8-K filings that 19 companies we cover made with the SEC in December 2023, each read and summarized by AI: what happened, the key figures, whether it reads positive or negative for shareholders, and how big a deal it is (impact 1-5). All of them were written later, when past filings were added: a selection, not every 8-K of the month (see the note below).
Chemed's board appointed Michael D. Witzeman, the company's Vice President and Controller, as Chief Financial Officer effective January 1, 2024. The change follows the retirement of David P. Williams from the CFO role, and Witzeman will also continue as Controller and Vice President.
Michael D. Witzeman appointed CFO by the board on December 18, 2023, effective January 1, 2024
Replaces David P. Williams, who is retiring from the CFO role
Witzeman joined Chemed in 2005 after Deloitte & Touche LLP and is a licensed CPA
Witzeman will keep his Controller and Vice President roles
TechnipFMC appointed David Light, a company veteran since 2018, as Senior Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer, effective December 21, 2023. He succeeds Krisztina Doroghazi, who is leaving to pursue an identified opportunity and is not departing over any disagreement with the company on its operations, policies or practices.
David Light, age 39, joined TechnipFMC in 2018 and previously served as Vice President, Internal Audit and Controls.
Prior to joining the company, Light was a director at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP's assurance practice.
Krisztina Doroghazi notified the company on December 13, 2023 that she is leaving; her resignation is also effective December 21, 2023.
PDF Solutions’ board appointed Chi-Foon Chan as a Class II director effective immediately, on December 14, 2023, and assigned him to the Nominating and Corporate Governance committee. The filing describes his compensation under the company’s 2024 non-employee director program, which matters to shareholders as a board change with standard director pay and indemnification terms.
Chan appointed to the board on December 14, 2023, serving until the first Annual Meeting held after December 31, 2023
Annual cash retainer of $40,000, plus $4,000 for Nominating and Corporate Governance committee membership
Restricted stock unit award valued at $300,000, vesting 1/4 at grant and 1/4 each anniversary thereafter until fully vested
Briefs are written by AI from the filing text and can contain mistakes — open the filing before acting on anything. Impact (1-5) and tone are the AI's reading of the filing for shareholders, not a price forecast. Not investment advice.
Briefs marked “Written later” were written in November 2026 for filings that were by then more than three weeks old, so months before mid-October 2026 hold a selection: every material 8-K of the past year for the 100 largest companies we cover and the last 15 important 8-Ks of every other one. Briefs the number check holds back are not shown or counted. Also: the last 45 days, briefs by company, A–Z and the live SEC filings wire.