151 material Form 8-K filings that 136 companies we cover made with the SEC in February 2024, 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).
At the February 14, 2024 annual meeting, stockholders re-elected James W. McGill and elected Mohit Singh as directors, each for a term expiring in fiscal 2027. John D. White's resignation, accepted by the board on February 13, 2024 under the company's age-75 policy, took effect at the meeting. Stockholders also approved the advisory say-on-pay proposal.
Mohit Singh elected director: 10,046,799 votes for and 23,312 withheld or abstentions.
James W. McGill re-elected: 9,840,163 votes for and 229,948 withheld or abstentions.
John D. White resigned under the age-75 policy; the board accepted the resignation on February 13, 2024.
Say-on-pay approved: 9,969,638 votes for, 87,381 against and 13,092 withheld or abstentions.
Colgate-Palmolive's board elected Brian Newman, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of United Parcel Service, to its board, effective March 15, 2024. Director Stephen I. Sadove, 72, will retire at the end of his current term under the company's mandatory retirement policy and will not stand for reelection at the May 10, 2024 annual meeting.
Brian Newman, 55, joins the board effective March 15, 2024; he has been with UPS since 2019 and previously spent 26 years at PepsiCo.
Newman will receive non-employee director compensation under the program described in the proxy statement filed March 29, 2023.
Stephen I. Sadove, 72, will leave the board at the end of his current term, per the mandatory retirement policy.
The Annual Meeting of Stockholders is scheduled for May 10, 2024.
At its February 14, 2024 annual meeting, Plexus shareholders approved a new 2024 Omnibus Incentive Plan, which replaces the 2016 plan, and elected all 10 nominated directors. The board also amended the bylaws, including a director retirement age of 75 and advance notice rules for shareholders proposing director nominees, which must be submitted by October 31, 2024.
Shareholders approved the 2024 Omnibus Incentive Plan, with 23,408,724 votes for and 1,686,682 against.
The 2024 plan replaces the 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan, which has been terminated; no new awards will be granted under it.
Board amended bylaws to set director retirement age at 75 and align advance notice provisions with universal proxy rules.
Shareholders who intend to solicit proxies for non-company director nominees must notify the Secretary by October 31, 2024.
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.