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).
Pathward, N.A., a subsidiary of Pathward Financial, agreed on August 28, 2024 to sell substantially all assets and liabilities of its commercial insurance premium finance business to AFS IBEX Financial Services, a subsidiary of Honor Capital Holdings. The cash price is based on a $617.1 million net asset value as of June 30, 2024, plus a $31.2 million premium, plus assumed liabilities. The company expects the deal to be roughly neutral to fiscal 2024 net income and EPS, excluding gains, and to close by the end of fiscal 2024.
Purchase price: $617.1 million net asset value as of June 30, 2024, plus a $31.2 million premium, plus assumed liabilities, subject to adjustment
Estimated pre-tax gain of approximately $17 million, per the investor presentation
Excluding gains, the company expects the transaction to be neutral to fiscal 2024 net income and EPS, and increasingly accretive over time as it redeploys capital
Closing expected by the end of fiscal 2024; fiscal 2025 guidance to be updated at that time; conference call on August 29, 2024 at 4:00 p.m. Central Time
Jared Demark, chief executive of CoinShares Co., the sponsor of the CoinShares Valkyrie Bitcoin Fund (BRRR), has resigned, and his departure date has been moved up from September 30, 2024 to August 30, 2024. Jean-Marie Mognetti, CEO and co-founder of CoinShares International Limited, the sponsor's parent company, will become principal executive officer of the sponsor on that date. The filing does not state any change to the fund's investment strategy or fees.
Jared Demark's resignation as principal executive officer of the Sponsor takes effect August 30, 2024, earlier than the previously reported September 30, 2024.
Jean-Marie Mognetti will serve as principal executive officer of CoinShares Co., the Sponsor, on the Effective Date.
Mognetti co-founded CoinShares International Limited in 2014 and previously was a quantitative trader at Hermes Commodities Fund Managers.
CooperCompanies reported fiscal third-quarter 2024 results for the quarter ended July 31, 2024, with revenue up 8% year over year and GAAP diluted EPS up 22%. The company also raised its fiscal 2024 financial guidance, including non-GAAP diluted EPS of $3.64 to $3.67, which gives shareholders a higher outlook for the year.
Quarterly revenue of $1,002.8 million, up 8% year over year; CooperVision rose 7% to $675.6 million and CooperSurgical rose 9% to $327.2 million.
GAAP diluted EPS of $0.52, up $0.09 or 22%; non-GAAP diluted EPS of $0.96, up 14%.
Fiscal 2024 guidance raised: total revenue of $3,892 to $3,913 million and non-GAAP diluted EPS of $3.64 to $3.67.
GAAP operating margin of 19% versus 16% a year earlier; free cash flow of $118.5 million.
Bath & Body Works reported second quarter 2024 net sales of $1,526 million, down 2.1% from $1,559 million a year earlier, and adjusted earnings per diluted share of $0.37 versus $0.40. The company updated its full-year 2024 guidance and raised planned share repurchases to $400 million from $300 million, while reported earnings per share rose to $0.68 on one-time gains and a tax benefit.
Q2 2024 net sales $1,526 million, down 2.1%; reported EPS $0.68 vs. $0.43, adjusted EPS $0.37 vs. $0.40
Reported Q2 results include a $39 million pre-tax gain on Easton investment sales and a $44 million tax benefit
Full-year 2024 adjusted EPS guidance $3.06 to $3.26, vs. $3.27 adjusted EPS in fiscal 2023; net sales guided to a decline of 4% to 2%
Planned share repurchases for 2024 increased to $400 million from $300 million; Q3 2024 EPS guidance $0.41 to $0.47
J.M. Smucker reported first-quarter fiscal 2025 results for the period ended July 31, 2024, with net sales up 18% to $2.1 billion, largely from the Hostess Brands acquisition. The company also lowered its full-year adjusted earnings per share guidance to $9.60 to $10.00 from $9.80 to $10.20, citing higher green coffee costs and softer demand in some categories, so shareholders face a mixed picture of strong growth alongside a weaker outlook.
Net sales were $2,125.1 million, up 18%; excluding acquisition, divestitures, and currency, net sales rose 1%.
GAAP net income per diluted share was $1.74, down from $1.79; adjusted EPS was $2.44, up 10% from $2.21.
Full-year fiscal 2025 adjusted EPS guidance was cut to $9.60 to $10.00 from $9.80 to $10.20; net sales growth guidance was lowered to 8.5% to 9.5%.
Free cash flow was $49.2 million, compared with $67.6 million a year earlier; full-year free cash flow guidance was cut to $875 million from $900 million.
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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.