1,080 material Form 8-K filings that 839 companies we cover made with the SEC in May 2025, 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).
Chicago Rivet & Machine Co. said James T. Tanner joined as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing effective immediately, replacing Bill Stlaske, who left earlier in 2025. The filing describes Tanner's more than 30 years of sales and leadership experience in manufacturing, and it does not include financial results or guidance.
James T. Tanner, age 56, takes the role effective May 1, 2025, and replaces Bill Stlaske, who departed earlier in 2025.
Tanner has over 30 years of sales and leadership experience in manufacturing, with prior executive roles at Bosch, MacLean-Fogg, KSR International, and Speedgrip Chuck Co.
Tanner holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Lawrence Technological University and has more than 10 years in the fastener industry.
The filing states no family relationships with any director or executive officer and no related party transactions requiring disclosure.
Corning said President and Chief Operating Officer Eric Musser will retire in mid-2025 after 39 years with the company. The board named Avery H. (Hal) Nelson III as Executive Vice President and, effective at Musser's retirement, Chief Operating Officer, and reinstated Chairman and CEO Wendell P. Weeks as President.
Eric S. Musser, President and Chief Operating Officer, will retire in mid-2025, per notice given April 30, 2025.
Avery H. (Hal) Nelson III, age 57, becomes Chief Operating Officer at Musser's retirement and will manage the Market-Access Platforms.
Wendell P. Weeks, age 65, will reassume the President role at Musser's retirement while remaining Chairman and CEO.
Lewis A. Steverson, age 61, was named Vice Chairman, and John Z. Zhang, age 52, was named Executive Vice President and Chief Corporate Development Officer, both effective immediately.
Cboe Global Markets said CEO Fredric Tomczyk will retire and resign as CEO effective May 7, 2025, and that Craig Donohue, former Chairman of the Board at the Options Clearing Corporation, will succeed him as CEO and join the board on the same date. Tomczyk will stay an employee in an advisory role until June 30, 2025, and remain a director, subject to re-election at the May 6, 2025 annual meeting. The filing says his retirement was not the result of any disagreement with the company.
Fredric Tomczyk resigns as CEO effective May 7, 2025, and stays on the board subject to re-election on May 6, 2025
Craig Donohue, 63, becomes CEO and a board member effective May 7, 2025
Donohue's base salary is $1,300,000, with a 150% target bonus and a $6,000,000 sign-on equity award subject to 3-year cliff vesting
Donohue's employment agreement runs to May 7, 2030, with severance of 200% of base salary and target bonus on termination without cause or for good reason
At its April 30, 2025 annual meeting, Carlisle Companies stockholders elected Jonathan R. Collins, D. Christian Koch and C. David Myers to the board. Directors Robin J. Adams, Robert G. Bohn and Gregg A. Ostrander retired under the company's age-72 director refreshment policy, and the filing says the retirements were not due to any disagreement with the company.
Robin J. Adams, Robert G. Bohn and Gregg A. Ostrander resigned from the board effective immediately, in line with the age-72 policy.
Stockholders elected Jonathan R. Collins, D. Christian Koch and C. David Myers as directors.
Stockholders approved 2024 executive compensation in an advisory vote, with 28,733,750 votes for and 8,603,713 against.
Stockholders ratified Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent auditor for the year ending December 31, 2025, with 39,707,480 votes for and 213,225 against.
Effective May 1, 2025, Kevin D. Chapman became Chief Executive Officer of Renasant Corporation and Renasant Bank, in addition to his role as President, as part of a previously announced succession plan. C. Mitchell Waycaster stepped down as CEO and remains Executive Vice Chairman, and E. Robinson McGraw resigned as an officer but remains Chairman of the Board, so the change is a leadership transition rather than a change in board control.
Kevin D. Chapman assumed the CEO role on May 1, 2025 and remains President of the Company and the Bank.
C. Mitchell Waycaster stepped down as CEO and will continue as Executive Vice Chairman, including work on strategic planning, investor relations, and mergers and acquisitions.
E. Robinson McGraw resigned as an officer and employee of the Company and the Bank and will continue as a director and Chairman of the Board.
Chapman has been President since May 2023 and Chief Operating Officer since May 2018.
Kennametal appointed Shelley Bausch, a recently retired Axalta president, to its Board of Directors effective May 1, 2025, and she will join the Audit Committee. Director Cindy Davis, who has served since 2012 and chairs the Compensation and Human Capital Committee, will retire from the Board on September 1, 2025. The filing does not name a successor to Davis as committee chair.
Bausch serves from May 1, 2025 until the October 2025 annual meeting, where she is proposed for election, and will sit on the Audit Committee.
Davis has been on the Board since 2012 and chairs the Compensation and Human Capital Committee; she retires September 1, 2025.
Bausch was President, Global Industrial Coatings at Axalta and previously spent 25 years at Dow Corning.
Travel + Leisure Co. appointed Erik D. Hoag as chief financial officer effective May 19, 2025, succeeding Michael A. Hug, who steps down from the role that day and retires June 9, 2025. The filing describes Hoag's pay package, including a $650,000 base salary and equity awards with grant-date values of $2,500,000 and $2,225,000, and does not report any financial results. For shareholders, this is a senior finance leadership change at the company.
Erik D. Hoag, previously Chief Integration Officer at Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. (FIS), becomes CFO effective May 19, 2025.
Michael A. Hug leaves the CFO role on May 19, 2025 and retires June 9, 2025.
Hoag's offer letter, dated April 11, 2025, sets a $650,000 base salary and a target annual incentive of 85% of base salary.
Expected equity awards: an annual award with a $2,500,000 grant-date value and a one-time award with a $2,225,000 grant-date value.
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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.