590 material Form 8-K filings that 521 companies we cover made with the SEC in October 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).
NewMarket Corporation said its Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, William J. Skrobacz, will step down effective December 31, 2024, and intends to retire in 2025. Timothy K. Fitzgerald will succeed him as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective January 1, 2025, and the company also named new Treasurer and Principal Accounting Officer and Controller roles effective the same date.
Skrobacz steps down as Vice President and CFO effective December 31, 2024, and intends to retire in 2025.
Timothy K. Fitzgerald, age 47, succeeds him as Vice President and CFO effective January 1, 2025; he joined about 10 years ago and was Treasurer and Finance Director since January 2024.
Gail C. Ridgeway, age 50, becomes Treasurer effective January 1, 2025, replacing Fitzgerald.
Ann P. Pietrantoni, age 45, becomes Principal Accounting Officer and Controller effective January 1, 2025; no compensation determinations have been made for the three appointees.
AMN Healthcare appointed Brian Scott, its former CFO and Chief Accounting Officer from 2011 to 2021, as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer, effective November 21, 2024. The appointment follows the announced departure of CFO Jeffrey Knudson, effective November 8, 2024, and places Scott in charge of finance and enterprise operating functions.
Brian Scott becomes CFO/COO on November 21, 2024, reporting to CEO Cary Grace.
Jeffrey Knudson leaves the CFO role effective November 8, 2024, to join a private company outside healthcare.
Scott's annualized base salary is $630,000, with a target bonus of 100% of base salary from 2025.
Scott receives a one-time equity grant valued at $2,000,000 on December 15, 2024, and a target 2025 LTIP award of $2,000,000.
VF Corporation completed the sale of its Supreme brand business to EssilorLuxottica on October 1, 2024, for a base price of $1.5 billion. This filing provides unaudited pro forma financial statements showing how the sale might have affected VF's results, and the company estimates an after-tax loss of $134.2 million on the sale, which may differ from the actual loss at closing.
Sale of Supreme to EssilorLuxottica completed October 1, 2024; base purchase price $1.5 billion
Estimated net cash proceeds of $1.475 billion, which VF will use mainly to repay debt, including a $1.0 billion delayed draw term loan
Estimated after-tax loss on sale of $134.2 million, based on the June 29, 2024 carrying value
Supreme will be reported as a discontinued operation starting with the quarter ended September 28, 2024
On September 27, 2024, Amentum completed a Reverse Morris Trust combination with Jacobs Solutions' Critical Missions Solutions and Cyber & Intelligence government services businesses. The filing also reports a board expansion from four to thirteen members, a new management team led by John Heller as CEO, and a change of the company name to Amentum Holdings, Inc.
Jacobs received a cash payment of $1,000,000,000 at closing, subject to adjustment for cash, debt and working capital
Post-closing, the company has 243,302,173 shares outstanding: Jacobs shareholders hold 51%, Amentum Equityholder holds 37%, and a Jacobs subsidiary retains 7.5%
10,948,598 shares (4.5%) are in escrow, to be released depending on fiscal year 2024 operating profit targets for the SpinCo Business
Board increased to thirteen members; Steven J. Demetriou is Executive Chair, John Heller is CEO, and Travis B. Johnson is CFO and Chief Accounting Officer
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.