172 material Form 8-K filings that 152 companies we cover made with the SEC in September 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).
RXO completed its purchase of Coyote Logistics from United Parcel Service on September 16, 2024, for approximately $1.025 billion in cash, subject to customary adjustments. RXO says the deal makes it the third-largest provider of brokered transportation in North America, though the filing does not report financial results or synergy estimates for the acquired business.
Purchase price: approximately $1.025 billion in cash, subject to customary adjustments
Closing Date: September 16, 2024; the seller is United Parcel Service of America, Inc. and related UPS entities
RXO says the combined company is now the third-largest provider of brokered transportation in North America
Filing includes audited 2023 and 2022 and unaudited June 30, 2024 financial statements of the acquired business, plus pro forma information
Church & Dwight said CEO Matthew Farrell will retire as President and Chief Executive Officer effective March 31, 2025, and will remain Chairman for a transition period. Richard Dierker, the company's Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Head of Business Operations, will succeed him as President and CEO and join the Board on that date, a change in top leadership that shareholders will watch closely.
Matthew Farrell will retire as President and CEO effective March 31, 2025, and continue as Chairman for a transition period.
Richard Dierker, 44, will become President and CEO and join the Board as a director effective March 31, 2025.
Dierker has been CFO since January 2016 and has been Executive Vice President, CFO and Head of Business Operations since April 2022.
Dierker's compensation changes for the CEO role have not been disclosed and will be disclosed once approved by the Board.
Lattice Semiconductor appointed Ford Tamer as President and Chief Executive Officer effective September 16, 2024, and added him to its Board of Directors. He replaces Esam Elashmawi, who had served as Interim CEO since June 2024 and will remain Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer. The company also reaffirmed the guidance it gave on July 29, 2024, and the filing details a compensation package with a $800,000 base salary and substantial equity awards.
Ford Tamer became CEO and a Board member effective September 16, 2024; he replaces Interim CEO Esam Elashmawi
Base salary of $800,000, with an annual target bonus of 125% of base salary
Equity awards include $30,000,000 in sign-on awards and $5,000,000 plus $1,700,000 in fiscal 2024 long-term incentives, with $5,000,000 in fiscal 2025 awards
Company reaffirmed the guidance it provided on July 29, 2024
Veeva appointed Brian Van Wagener as Chief Financial Officer, effective September 16, 2024, replacing Tim Cabral, who resigned as Interim CFO and remains on the board. A CFO change is a significant leadership event, and the filing details his $450,000 base salary and equity grants.
Brian Van Wagener, age 42, was previously Executive Vice President, Finance at Veeva and will serve as principal financial officer.
Annual base salary is $450,000, plus standard company-sponsored benefits.
Equity grants include 2,193 and 5,848 RSUs, and stock options over 6,579 and 17,544 shares at a $185.74 strike price.
Tim Cabral resigned as Interim Chief Financial Officer effective September 16, 2024, and will remain on the Board of Directors.
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.