104 material Form 8-K filings that 94 companies we cover made with the SEC in June 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).
Euronet Worldwide's board increased its size from nine to ten directors and appointed Sergi Herrero effective June 4, 2024. Mr. Herrero will initially serve on no board committees, and the company disclosed the appointment in a June 10, 2024 press release.
Board appointment of Sergi Herrero effective June 4, 2024
Board size increased from nine to ten directors
Herrero is CEO of Merchan-E and was Meta's Global Director of Payments and Commerce from 2016 to 2019
Herrero will receive the standard non-employee director compensation and indemnification agreement
Coca-Cola Consolidated entered into a $1.3 billion term loan agreement and a new $500 million five-year revolving credit facility, both led by Wells Fargo, on June 10, 2024. The revolver replaces the company's existing credit agreement dated July 9, 2021, and the filing says proceeds may be used for general corporate purposes, including stock repurchases and dividends.
Term loans: up to $800 million maturing June 10, 2027, and up to $500 million maturing June 10, 2029, drawable on a delayed basis within 90 days
Revolving credit facility: $500 million maturing June 10, 2029, replacing the July 9, 2021 credit agreement
Financial covenants require adjusted operating cash flow to fixed charges of at least 1.5 to 1.0 and funded debt to cash flow of no more than 6.0 to 1.0
MasTec closed its previously announced offering of $550.0 million in 5.900% senior unsecured notes due June 15, 2029, issued under a 2009 base indenture and a new supplemental indenture dated June 10, 2024. The notes add $550.0 million of direct debt, and the filing says they are not guaranteed by subsidiaries and are structurally subordinated to subsidiary obligations.
Principal amount: $550.0 million of 5.900% senior unsecured notes due June 15, 2029
Interest payable June 15 and December 15 each year, starting December 15, 2024
Notes are not guaranteed by subsidiaries and are effectively subordinated to secured debt
U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association is trustee, registrar and paying agent
At its June 6, 2024 annual meeting, Brighthouse Financial stockholders elected nine directors, ratified Deloitte & Touche LLP as auditor, approved executive pay on an advisory basis, and approved an amended and restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan. The board will hold say-on-pay votes every year, in line with the one-year frequency stockholders supported. The filing covers routine governance outcomes and reports no financial results.
Nine director nominees were elected to one-year terms ending at the 2025 annual meeting; for example, C. Edward Chaplin received 40,923,380 for votes and 817,056 against.
Say-on-pay advisory vote approved: 41,254,887 for and 467,087 against.
Stockholders recommended a one-year frequency for future say-on-pay votes, with 38,124,494 votes for one year; the board will hold these votes annually.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan approved: 41,657,311 for and 68,750 against; the plan is filed as Exhibit 10.1.
Safety Insurance Group appointed Mary F. McConnell as Vice President of Underwriting, effective July 1, 2024, replacing James D. Berry, who previously said he intends to retire. The filing describes this as a routine officer appointment with a one-year employment contract at a $240,000 annual salary.
Mary F. McConnell, 40, appointed Vice President of Underwriting effective July 1, 2024
Replaces James D. Berry, who previously communicated his intention to retire
Has been Director of Product Management since 2019 and joined the insurance subsidiaries in 2006
One-year employment contract, renewable annually with Board approval, at $240,000 annual compensation
Cognizant agreed on June 5, 2024 to acquire Belcan, a global engineering services provider, for a total purchase price of about $1.29 billion, consisting of $1.19 billion in cash and 1,470,589 Cognizant Class A shares. The deal is expected to close in the quarter ending September 30, 2024, subject to regulatory approvals and other conditions, and the company expects it to be broadly neutral to EPS in 2025 and accretive in 2026.
Total purchase price of about $1.29 billion: $1.19 billion in cash plus 1.47 million Cognizant shares, valued at $97 million at the June 7, 2024 closing price
Belcan annualized revenue expected to be over $800 million; revenue grew at an 8% compound annual growth rate over the last two years
Cognizant expects over $100 million in annual revenue synergies within three years and intends to increase its share repurchase plan to maintain 2024 share count guidance of 497 million
Closing requires regulatory approvals, including Hart-Scott-Rodino and UK National Security and Investment Act clearance; the deal is not subject to a financing condition
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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.