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).
Ashland's Chief Financial Officer, J. Kevin Willis, plans to resign effective May 16, 2025, to pursue another opportunity, and the filing states the departure is not tied to any disagreement over financial statements, internal controls, operations, policies or practices. The Board named William C. Whitaker, the company's Vice President, Finance and Director, Investor Relations, as interim CFO effective May 6, 2025, and Samuel A. Richardson, the Controller, as Principal Accounting Officer, also effective May 6.
J. Kevin Willis notified the company on May 1, 2025 of his resignation as CFO, Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer, effective May 16, 2025.
William C. Whitaker, 36, becomes Interim CFO effective May 6, 2025, with an annual base salary of $354,432 and a target cash incentive of 42% of salary.
Samuel A. Richardson, 46, becomes Vice President, Controller and Principal Accounting Officer effective May 6, 2025, with an annual base salary of $330,000.
Both appointees receive restricted stock unit grants with a fair market value of $130,000, vesting on the third anniversary of the grant date.
Viatris appointed Frank D'Amelio, former Pfizer CFO, and Michael Severino, M.D., former AbbVie executive, to its Board of Directors effective May 5, 2025, expanding the Board from 12 to 14 seats. Directors Rajiv Malik and Harry Korman will retire at the end of their current terms in December 2025, following the 2025 Annual Meeting. The filing reports no financial results, and it describes a Board change rather than a financial event.
Board size increased from 12 to 14 directors, effective May 5, 2025
Frank D'Amelio joins the Finance Committee; Michael Severino joins the Science and Technology Committee
Rajiv Malik and Harry Korman will not stand for re-election at the 2025 Annual Meeting and will retire at the end of their current terms
Retirements were not the result of any disagreement with the company on operations, policies, or practices
Teradata's board elected John Ederer as chief financial officer, effective May 12, 2025. He previously served as CFO of Model N, and interim CFO Charles Smotherman will return to his prior role as Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer.
Ederer's initial annual base salary is $530,000, with a target annual bonus of 100% of base salary, pro-rated for 2025.
On or about May 16, 2025, Ederer is to receive a new hire grant of restricted share units with a target value of $4.5 million, plus annual grants with target values of $2.25 million each in service-based and performance-based units.
Ederer has been CFO of Model N, Inc. since January 2021 and was previously CFO at K2 Software Inc. from August 2018 until November 2020.
Ederer will report to CEO Steve McMillan and lead accounting, financial planning, investor relations, tax, and treasury.
Boot Barn's Board appointed John Hazen as Chief Executive Officer effective May 5, 2025, ending the interim period he has served since November 22, 2024. The Board also expanded itself from seven to eight directors and added Mr. Hazen to the Board, and it set his base salary at $900,000 with a target bonus of 100% of salary and a long-term equity award with an aggregate target value of $4.1 million.
John Hazen named CEO effective May 5, 2025, after serving as Interim CEO from November 22, 2024
Base salary of $900,000 with target annual bonus of 100% of base salary
Long-term equity award for fiscal year ending March 28, 2026 has an aggregate target value of $4.1 million, split 50% time-based RSUs and 50% performance share units
Peter Starrett remains Executive Chairman until December 31, 2025, then returns to nonexecutive Chairman
Gregg C. Sengstack retired as Executive Chairperson effective April 23, 2025, and remains on the Board of Directors. His retirement and consulting agreement includes a $750,000 restricted stock award, a $250,000 annual consulting fee through April 30, 2027, and a lump sum payment of $18,269.23. At the May 2, 2025 annual meeting, shareholders elected three directors, ratified Deloitte & Touche LLP as auditor, and approved executive compensation on an advisory basis.
Gregg C. Sengstack retired as Executive Chairperson effective April 23, 2025, and continues as a board member.
Retirement agreement includes a $750,000 restricted stock award vesting monthly through May 1, 2027, and a $250,000 annual consulting fee through April 30, 2027.
At the May 2, 2025 annual meeting, Renee J. Peterson, Jennifer L. Sherman and Chris Villavarayan were elected as directors with terms expiring at the 2028 meeting.
Shareholders ratified Deloitte & Touche LLP for fiscal 2025 and approved the advisory vote on executive compensation; 92.75% of shares entitled to vote were represented.
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.