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8-K filings in October 2024, explained

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).

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RPMRPM INTERNATIONAL INC/DE/ Oct 9, 4:31 PM ET

RPM Raises Quarterly Dividend 10.9% to $0.51; General Counsel Edward Moore to Retire

Positive shareholder Written later 5.025.078.01

RPM's board declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.51 per share, a 10.9% increase over the $0.46 paid a year earlier, marking the 51st consecutive year the company has raised its dividend. At the October 3, 2024 annual meeting, shareholders approved annual election of directors and re-elected three directors, and the company named Tracy D. Crandall general counsel, succeeding Edward W. Moore, who is retiring by the end of 2024.

  • Quarterly dividend of $0.51 per share, up 10.9% from $0.46; payable October 31, 2024 to holders of record as of October 18, 2024.
  • Shareholders approved amending the charter to require annual director elections, with 80.2% of outstanding shares voting in favor against an 80% threshold.
  • Tracy D. Crandall elected vice president, general counsel, chief compliance officer and secretary, succeeding Edward W. Moore, who became corporate counsel effective October 4, 2024.
  • Bruce A. Carbonari, Jenniffer D. Deckard and Salvatore D. Fazzolari re-elected as directors; Kirkland B. Andrews expected to step down in January 2025.
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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.