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).
S&T Bancorp appointed Melanie A. Lazzari, its controller since 2010, as executive vice president and chief accounting officer, effective May 13, 2025. The filing states no change to her compensation and no amendment to her existing severance agreement, so the change appears to be an internal promotion with no stated cost to shareholders.
Melanie A. Lazzari, 45, appointed executive vice president and chief accounting officer effective May 13, 2025
Served as S&T controller since 2010; has over 20 years of accounting and banking experience and is a certified public accountant
No change to compensation; severance agreement was not amended in connection with the promotion
General Mills said Dana McNabb will be promoted to Group President, North America Retail and North America Pet, effective June 1, 2025. The change adds oversight of the Pet segment, which the company calls a key growth area, to her existing responsibility for North America Retail, the company's largest business segment.
Effective date: June 1, 2025
North America Pet is added to McNabb's existing North America Retail responsibilities
Liz Mascolo, Segment President, North America Pet, will report to McNabb
Extra Space Storage said Chief Financial Officer P. Scott Stubbs will retire effective December 31, 2025. The board selected Jeff Norman, the company's Senior Vice President of Capital Markets and Treasury, to succeed him as Executive Vice President and CFO beginning July 1, 2025, a planned transition of the company's top finance role.
Scott Stubbs, CFO since 2011 and with the company for 25 years, retires December 31, 2025.
Jeff Norman, 44, becomes Executive Vice President and CFO on July 1, 2025; he has been with the company since 2012.
Norman's annual base salary will be $450,000, plus a restricted stock grant valued at $300,000 effective July 1, 2025.
Stubbs remains on the Executive Committee until retirement and will work with Norman through December 31, 2025.
Effective May 13, 2025, Easterly Government Properties appointed Brian M. Colantuoni, its Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, as principal accounting officer, while CFO Allison E. Marino continues as principal financial officer. The filing describes a leadership and compensation change rather than a change in control, though its text is labeled Item 5.02 while the submission metadata lists Item 5.01 Change in Control.
Appointment effective May 13, 2025; Colantuoni has served as SVP and Chief Accounting Officer since March 2025
Allison E. Marino, EVP and CFO, previously served as principal accounting officer and will remain principal financial officer
Colantuoni received a restricted common stock grant valued at approximately $200,000, vesting two years from the grant date
Colantuoni was previously an Audit Principal at BDO USA, P.C. (2022 to 2024) and an Audit Director at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (2008 to 2022)
Albany International said Chief Financial Officer Robert Starr will leave the role effective May 23, 2025, and that the company has begun a formal search for a successor. Vice President of Investor Relations and Treasurer Jairaj (JC) Chetnani has been appointed interim CFO and interim principal accounting officer. The company said Starr's departure is not related to any disagreement over financial statement disclosures or accounting practices.
Robert Starr resigns as CFO and interim principal accounting officer, effective May 23, 2025; he has been CFO since April 10, 2023
Starr's separation pay is $250,000, with six months of Company-paid COBRA; unvested restricted stock units are forfeited
Jairaj (JC) Chetnani, 54, is appointed interim CFO while a formal search is conducted; his interim base salary is $471,042 per year
Starr told the company he is stepping away to evaluate and pursue other opportunities
Qorvo's board on May 16, 2025 voted to expand the board from nine to ten directors and to nominate Peter Feld, Managing Member of Starboard Value LP, for election at the 2025 annual meeting. The board also recommended that stockholders vote for all nominees, including Feld, and Starboard has agreed to rescind its nomination notice.
Board size increases from nine to ten directors, with Feld named as a nominee in the 2025 proxy statement
Board recommends stockholders vote in favor of all director nominees, including Feld
Starboard Value has agreed to rescind its nomination notice, per the press release dated May 19, 2025
Feld's committee assignments have not yet been determined; he is expected to sign the company's standard indemnification agreement
Bath & Body Works appointed Daniel Heaf, formerly a leader at Nike, as chief executive effective May 16, 2025, and Gina Boswell left the CEO role and the Board that day. The company also pre-announced preliminary first-quarter results, with net sales up 3% and earnings per diluted share above the prior year, and kept its full-year 2025 outlook unchanged.
Daniel Heaf became CEO effective May 16, 2025, and will join the Board after the 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders; Gina Boswell stepped down as CEO and director the same day.
Preliminary first-quarter net sales were $1,424 million, up 3% from the prior year, at the high end of guidance.
Diluted EPS was $0.49, compared with $0.38 a year earlier, above the high end of guidance; results remain subject to closing procedures.
Full-year 2025 guidance was maintained at net sales growth of 1% to 3% and EPS of $3.25 to $3.60, reflecting the initial 10% tariff on goods imported from China.
IES Holdings appointed Matthew Simmes, its President and Chief Operating Officer, as President and Chief Executive Officer effective July 1, 2025, succeeding Jeffrey Gendell, who will become Executive Chairman. Simmes will also join the Board, and the company says the change follows its executive succession plan. The filing does not yet state Simmes' or Gendell's compensation changes.
Matthew Simmes succeeds Jeffrey Gendell as CEO effective July 1, 2025 and joins the Board
Gendell moves from Chairman and CEO to Executive Chairman on July 1, 2025
Simmes has spent over 31 years at IES and has been President and COO since 2023
Compensation changes for Simmes and Gendell have not yet been determined
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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.