392 material Form 8-K filings that 341 companies we cover made with the SEC in July 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).
Simpson Manufacturing Co. said its Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Brian Magstadt, will retire effective December 31, 2024. The company has started a search for a successor that includes both internal and external candidates, and the filing does not name a replacement or report any financial results.
Brian Magstadt notified the company on July 25, 2024, that he will retire effective December 31, 2024.
Magstadt joined Simpson in 2004 and has been CFO and Treasurer since 2012.
The company is searching for a new CFO, with both internal and external candidates under consideration.
CEO Mike Olosky said the search is already underway.
On July 29, 2024, Texas Capital Bancshares entered into an amended and restated employment agreement with CEO Robert C. Holmes and approved special retention restricted stock units for four named executive officers. The board said the changes reflect Holmes's leadership through the company's multi-year transformation, and the filing sets out larger severance and change-in-control terms that apply to him.
CEO agreement sets base salary at $1,100,000 with a target cash incentive of not less than 200% for the rest of 2024 and not less than 180% from 2025
Holmes receives a one-time RSU award with a grant date value of $4,045,489 (61,491 units), cliff vesting on the third anniversary of grant
Severance is two times base salary plus target bonus, rising to three times if termination occurs from 90 days before to two years after a change in control
Other named executives receiving RSUs: J. Matthew Scurlock $1,000,000, John W. Cummings $350,000, Anna M. Alvarado $375,000
ADMA Biologics promoted Brad Tade, its former vice president of financial operations, to chief financial officer and treasurer effective July 24, 2024. The company entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Tade, which sets a $435,000 base salary, a target bonus of 45% of salary, and equity grants of options and restricted stock units.
Brad Tade, age 51, joined ADMA in June 2023 as vice president, financial operations, and is now CFO and treasurer effective July 24, 2024
Base salary of $435,000 with a target annual cash bonus of 45% of base salary
Equity grant of an option to purchase 115,100 shares and 72,400 restricted stock units, vesting over four years
AptarGroup said CFO Robert Kuhn will retire as CFO on December 31, 2024, and as principal accounting officer on July 31, 2024. Vanessa Kanu, former CFO of TELUS International and Mitel Networks, will become EVP and CFO on January 1, 2025, and Daniel Ackerman, the company's corporate controller since 2015, will become Chief Accounting Officer on August 1, 2024.
Robert Kuhn, CFO since 2008, retires as CFO on December 31, 2024, and as principal accounting officer on July 31, 2024, and will serve as an advisor for one year at $10,000 per month.
Vanessa Kanu's employment agreement sets a $720,000 base salary, a $300,000 sign-on payment and a restricted stock unit grant with a $700,000 grant date fair value.
Kanu is expected to join as CFO designate, with a start date no later than November 1, 2024, subject to U.S. visa approval.
Daniel Ackerman becomes Chief Accounting Officer on August 1, 2024, with a restricted stock unit grant with a $750,000 grant date fair value.
Church & Dwight said its Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer and President of Consumer Domestic, Barry A. Bruno, notified the company on July 22, 2024 that he will leave to pursue an external opportunity. He will remain in his role until early October, and the company expects to name a successor later this year.
Barry A. Bruno, EVP, Chief Marketing Officer and President – Consumer Domestic, is leaving the company
Notice given July 22, 2024; he will stay in his current role until early October
The company expects to name a successor later this year
Otis Worldwide's CFO Anurag Maheshwari is resigning effective August 23, 2024, to pursue external opportunities, and the company has appointed Cristina Méndez, currently Senior Vice President, Finance EMEA & Transformation, as Executive Vice President and CFO effective the same date. The filing says Maheshwari's departure was not the result of any dispute or disagreement, and it provides a transition period through late August; the change puts a new finance chief in charge ahead of the company's July 24 second quarter earnings release.
Anurag Maheshwari resigns as EVP and CFO effective August 23, 2024, to pursue external opportunities
Cristina Méndez, 44, appointed EVP and CFO effective August 23, 2024; she has worked at Otis since February 2022
Méndez's base salary rises to $770,000 with a 100% annual short-term incentive target
Supplemental 2024 long-term incentive award with an aggregate target value of $2,390,000
Envista Holdings appointed Eric Hammes, formerly Vice President of Corporate Financial Planning & Analysis at Rockwell Automation, as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective August 8, 2024. He succeeds Stephen Keller, who has served as Interim Principal Financial Officer since September 2023 and will return to leading investor relations. The filing also announces two other leadership appointments, a change in top finance leadership that shareholders may track.
Eric Hammes becomes CFO effective August 8, 2024; he is 49 and previously held senior finance roles at 3M
Hammes' pay includes a $575,000 base salary, a 75% target incentive, and a one-time lump sum bonus of $1,020,000 subject to a 12-month clawback
Stephen Keller, Interim Principal Financial Officer since September 2023, will return to his previous role leading investor relations
Stefan Nilsson joins as President, Nobel Biocare, effective July 15, 2024; Veronica Acurio joins as President, Orthodontics, effective August 2, 2024
Cullen/Frost said CFO Jerry Salinas will retire effective December 31, 2024. Dan Geddes, currently San Antonio Region President, will become Group Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer on January 1, 2025, and Matt Henson will become Chief Accounting Officer on the same date. The changes affect the top finance roles, but the filing contains no financial results or guidance.
Jerry Salinas, who has worked at Frost since 1986, will retire effective December 31, 2024.
Dan Geddes, age 50, joined the company in 1997 and will become CFO effective January 1, 2025.
Matt Henson, age 53, joined in 2003 and will become Chief Accounting Officer effective January 1, 2025.
Clay Jones was named San Antonio region president, effective immediately.
Eastern Bankshares' board appointed four directors from Cambridge Bancorp, effective upon closing of their pending merger, which the press release says is expected on or about July 12, 2024. Denis Sheahan, Cambridge's chairman, president and CEO, will become Eastern's CEO at closing, while Bob Rivers will serve as Executive Chair, so the change sets the post-merger leadership and board.
Appointed directors: Leon A. Palandjian, Cathleen A. Schmidt, Denis K. Sheahan and Andargachew S. Zelleke, effective upon the merger closing
Merger expected to close on or about July 12, 2024; the merger agreement is dated September 19, 2023
Sheahan will become Eastern CEO at closing; Bob Rivers will serve as Executive Chair and Chair of the Eastern Boards
Terms: Zelleke until the 2025 annual meeting; Palandjian and Schmidt until 2026; Sheahan until 2027
Gartner amended the employment agreement of CEO and Chairman Eugene A. Hall, effective July 1, 2024, extending its term through December 31, 2031. The filing describes this as a term extension and does not disclose changes to pay or other terms in the summary text, which refers to the full amendment filed as Exhibit 10.1.
Amendment signed June 30, 2024, effective July 1, 2024, with CEO and Chairman Eugene A. Hall
Extends the term of Mr. Hall's employment agreement through December 31, 2031
Amends the agreement dated February 14, 2019, as amended April 29, 2021; full text filed as Exhibit 10.1
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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.