295 material Form 8-K filings that 257 companies we cover made with the SEC in December 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).
Lumentum Holdings appointed Paul Lundstrom, currently Chief Financial Officer at Copeland, to its board of directors effective immediately, with a seat on the Audit Committee. The board now has nine members, eight of whom are independent, according to the company's press release.
Board appointment made December 7, 2024; announced in a press release dated December 12, 2024
Lundstrom, 49, has been CFO at Copeland since August 2024 and was previously CFO of Flex Ltd. from September 2020 to August 2024
Appointed to the Audit Committee; initial term expires at the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders
Board expands to nine members, eight of whom are independent
Pinnacle West's board appointed Theodore N. Geisler to succeed Jeffrey B. Guldner as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, effective April 1, 2025, a change first disclosed in a December 12, 2024 Form 8-K. The filing also sets incentive award opportunities for 2025 under the APS Plan and the Palo Verde Plan, which pay out only if specified earnings thresholds are met.
Geisler replaces Guldner as Chairman, President and CEO of Pinnacle West and Chairman and CEO of APS effective April 1, 2025; he will continue as APS President.
Guldner becomes a non-officer special advisor to the CEO effective April 1, 2025, and is eligible for awards prorated for the days he serves as CEO.
Guldner's target award is up to 120% of base salary, with a maximum of 240%, based on 2025 Pinnacle West earnings and business unit goals.
Target awards are 70% of base salary for Andrew D. Cooper, 85% for Geisler, 75% for Robert E. Smith and 75% for Adam C. Heflin.
Pinnacle West Capital Corp. said CEO and Chairman Jeff Guldner will retire effective April 1, 2025, and APS President Ted Geisler will succeed him as Chairman, President and CEO of Pinnacle West and as Chairman and CEO of Arizona Public Service. The filing does not discuss financial results, and it gives the compensation terms for both executives.
Guldner stays on as a non-officer special advisor to the CEO until March 31, 2026, and his base salary falls to $600,000 beginning April 1, 2025.
Geisler's base salary rises to $1,000,000 on April 1, 2025, and he receives a $3,000,000 long-term incentive grant on that date, both contingent on him taking the new roles.
Geisler was appointed to the Pinnacle West and APS boards effective December 11, 2024, with no additional compensation.
Geisler has been APS President since May 2022 and served as Pinnacle West and APS Chief Financial Officer from January 2020 to May 2022.
Cadence Design Systems appointed Moshe Gavrielov, former CEO of Xilinx, as a director effective January 1, 2025, adding a board member with prior executive experience at Cadence and other semiconductor companies. The board has not yet set his committee assignments, and his stock award carries a grant date fair value of $80,219.
Board appointment effective January 1, 2025; committee assignments not yet determined
Incentive stock award grant date fair value of $80,219, fully vesting on the earlier of May 2, 2025 or the 2025 annual meeting
Gavrielov was Xilinx president and CEO from 2008 to 2018 and led Cadence's verification division from 2005 to 2007
Darling Ingredients said Chief Financial Officer Brad Phillips will retire effective June 15, 2025. Robert Day, the company's current Chief Strategy Officer, will become Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer the day after the company files its 2024 Form 10-K, which is expected on February 25, 2025. The filing contains no financial results, so it does not change reported performance, but it is a senior finance leadership transition.
Phillips remains CFO until the 2024 Form 10-K filing, expected February 25, 2025, then ceases the role but stays employed until June 15, 2025
Day, 55, joined in August 2023 as Chief Strategy Officer; his base salary will be $650,000
Sandra Dudley will become Executive Vice President, Renewables and Chief Strategy Officer; Carlos Paz joins as Executive Vice President, Global Risk Management, Ingredients
Arrow Electronics appointed Lawrence Chen, president and CEO of InterDigital, to its board of directors on December 11, 2024, increasing the board from nine to ten members. He also joined the audit committee, and the board determined he is independent under NYSE rules. The filing describes this as a governance change with no financial results disclosed.
Lawrence Chen, age 53, appointed director effective December 11, 2024, with a term running to the 2025 annual meeting
Board increased from nine to ten directors; Chen also appointed to the Audit Committee
Chen is president and CEO of InterDigital, Inc. and previously held senior roles at Qualcomm from 2019 to 2021
Restated certificate of incorporation filed December 12, 2024 removes preferred stock provisions with no shares outstanding and updates registered agent and address details
Primerica's Compensation Committee authorized a special equity award to CEO Glenn J. Williams on December 12, 2024, valued at $2,500,000 in 8,839 restricted stock units. The award recognizes his and the company's 2024 accomplishments, including executive transitions, senior management restructuring and distribution milestones, and it cliff vests on December 12, 2027.
Award valued at $2,500,000 in 8,839 restricted stock units, based on the $282.83 closing price on December 11, 2024
Award cliff vests on December 12, 2027, the three-year anniversary of the grant date
Granted under the 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan and recognizes 2024 executive transitions, management restructuring and distribution milestones
Aramark's board increased its size to 11 directors and appointed Richard Dreiling, a retired Dollar Tree chairman and CEO, as a director effective December 9, 2024. He joins the Compensation and Human Resources and Nominating, Governance and Corporate Responsibility Committees and will stand for a shareholder vote at the 2025 annual meeting.
Richard Dreiling, age 71, retired Chairman and CEO of Dollar Tree, Inc. (CEO February 2023 to November 2024)
Dreiling previously served on Aramark's board from 2016 to 2022 and is on the Lowe's Companies board
Filing states he will receive director compensation under existing policies and sign a standard indemnification agreement
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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.