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).
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.
S&T Bancorp's board increased its size from 11 to 12 directors on July 24, 2024, and appointed Peter G. Gurt, president of Milton Hershey School since 2014, as a director effective immediately. The filing says the Board considers him independent under Nasdaq standards, and it describes a prorated cash retainer of $58,333 and an equity grant valued at $41,667 for his service through the 2025 annual shareholder meeting.
Board expanded from 11 to 12 directors; Peter G. Gurt appointed effective July 24, 2024, also named director of S&T Bank
Gurt will serve on the Compensation and Benefits Committee and Credit Risk Committee
Prorated cash retainer of $58,333 and equity grant valued at $41,667 for service through the 2025 annual shareholder meeting
Press release dated July 25, 2024 furnished as Exhibit 99.1
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
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.