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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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LMATLEMAITRE VASCULAR INC Aug 26, 4:12 PM ET

LeMaitre Vascular CFO Joseph Pellegrino to retire March 2025; reaffirms guidance

Neutral leadership Written later 5.02

LeMaitre Vascular said Chief Financial Officer Joseph P. Pellegrino Jr. will retire as an employee effective March 7, 2025, after the anticipated filing of the 2024 Form 10-K, and will remain on the Board of Directors. The company will search for a replacement CFO and expects Pellegrino to take part in the hiring process. The company also reaffirmed its August 1, 2024 financial guidance for Q3 and full-year 2024 as of August 26, 2024.

Pellegrino retires as an employee, including as CFO, effective March 7, 2025
He remains on the Board, serving out his term until June 2027 after being re-elected in June 2024
The company thanks him for 19 years of executive service and will search for a replacement CFO
Guidance from August 1, 2024 for Q3 2024 and Full-Year 2024 was reaffirmed as of August 26, 2024

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AVAAVISTA CORP Aug 26, 4:05 PM ET

Avista CEO Dennis Vermillion to retire; Heather Rosentrater named CEO effective Jan. 1, 2025

Neutral leadership Written later 5.02

Avista Corp. CEO Dennis Vermillion will step down as CEO and board member effective December 31, 2024, and retire by the end of the first quarter of 2025. The board appointed President and COO Heather Rosentrater as CEO and board member effective January 1, 2025, a planned succession the company described as long-term planning. Her compensation as CEO will be set at a later date.

Vermillion steps down as CEO and board member effective December 31, 2024; he will remain Executive Vice President and strategic advisor until retiring by the end of Q1 2025.
Heather Rosentrater, currently President and COO, becomes President and CEO and a board member effective January 1, 2025.
Rosentrater joined Avista in 1999 and became President and COO on October 1, 2023; she is the first female CEO in company history.
Compensation and employment terms for Rosentrater as CEO have not yet been determined.

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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.