1,298 material Form 8-K filings that 1,057 companies we cover made with the SEC in April 2026, 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).
Lincoln National said Brian Kroll, Executive Vice President and Head of Retail Life and Annuity Solutions, intends to retire effective June 1, 2026. The company described the move as part of a planned succession for its Retail Life and Annuities businesses, and the filing gives no financial figures.
Brian Kroll, Executive Vice President and Head of Retail Life and Annuity Solutions, is a named executive officer.
Retirement is effective June 1, 2026.
Company says the change is part of a planned succession for the Retail Life and Annuities businesses.
Notice was filed April 16, 2026, and signed by Senior Vice President and Secretary Nancy A. Smith.
AMERISAFE appointed Guillermo A. Ramos, currently Head of Finance Strategy at Hiscox US, as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective May 7, 2026. The filing sets out his employment terms, including a base salary of not less than $500,000 and a $1,000,000 restricted stock unit award, which shows the compensation terms for the company's new finance chief.
Appointment effective May 7, 2026; Board approved on April 15, 2026
Annual base salary of not less than $500,000 and an RSU award valued at $1,000,000
Employment agreement has an initial three-year term, with automatic one-year extensions
Severance if terminated without cause: 12 months of salary and health benefits, plus average incentive awards from the prior three years
Aktis Oncology appointed Glenn Gormley, MD, PhD, a former Daiichi Sankyo executive, as a director effective April 15, 2026, and named him co-chair of a newly created Science and Technology Committee. Directors Helen S. Kim and Oleg Nodelman will leave the board effective May 20, 2026, and the company said their resignations are not due to any disagreement with the company.
Gormley appointed as a Class I director effective April 15, 2026, with a term expiring at the 2027 annual meeting; he is co-chair of the Science and Technology Committee with Ken Herrmann, MD, PhD
Non-employee director pay: $45,000 per year for board service and $15,000 per year for committee co-chair service, prorated for the year
Gormley granted an option on April 15, 2026 to buy up to 37,866 shares of common stock, vesting in equal annual installments over three years
Helen S. Kim and Oleg Nodelman resign from the board and all committees effective May 20, 2026
AES said Sherry Kohan will leave her Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer role effective May 7, 2026, moving to CFO of AES' U.S. Utilities business. Aubrey Jarred, a current AES managing director, will become Vice President and Controller and principal accounting officer on that date. Separately, Bernerd Da Santos stepped down as Executive Vice President and President of US & Renewables on April 16, 2026, and became Chairman of the AES Clean Energy Board and Senior Strategic Advisor to the President.
Sherry Kohan leaves Chief Accounting Officer role effective May 7, 2026; she becomes CFO of AES U.S. Utilities
Aubrey Jarred, 40, appointed Vice President and Controller and principal accounting officer effective May 7, 2026
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.