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8-K filings in August 2024, explained

352 material Form 8-K filings that 310 companies we cover made with the SEC in August 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).

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PFGPRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC Aug 21, 5:23 PM ET

Principal Financial Group names Deanna Strable president and COO; Joel Pitz interim CFO

Neutral leadership Written later 5.02 7.01

Principal Financial Group's board appointed Deanna Strable, its chief financial officer since 2017, as president and chief operating officer on August 20, 2024, and named Joel Pitz, senior vice president and controller, as interim chief financial officer. Daniel Houston remains chief executive officer and chairman, and the filing does not state a permanent CFO or any change to Strable's responsibilities beyond the new title.

Strable's appointment as president and COO took effect August 20, 2024, with a base salary of $850,000 and a long-term incentive target of $5,100,000 in restricted stock units
Pitz, who joined the company in 1995, will serve as interim CFO and interim principal financial and accounting officer, with a $400,000 restricted stock unit award on a three-year cliff vesting period
Houston will continue as chief executive officer and chairman of the board

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KNFKnife River Corp Aug 21, 4:46 PM ET

Knife River adopts change-in-control severance plan for five executives

Neutral leadership Written later 5.02

Knife River's Compensation Committee adopted a Change in Control Severance Plan effective August 20, 2024, and designated five named executive officers as participants. The company also plans to switch certain equity awards from single-trigger to double-trigger vesting starting with 2025 annual awards, which means those awards would generally not vest automatically on a change in control.

Plan adopted effective August 20, 2024; participants include CEO Brian R. Gray, CFO Nathan W. Ring and COO Trevor J. Hastings
Gray has a 3x multiple under the plan; Ring, Hastings, Karl A. Liepitz and Nancy K. Christenson have a 2x multiple
Severance applies if terminated without cause or for good reason within two years after a change in control
2025 annual equity awards would vest on a qualifying termination after a change in control rather than automatically

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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.