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).
OGE Energy director Luther C. Kissam IV told the company on April 13, 2026 that he will resign from the Board at the annual shareholder meeting on May 14, 2026, citing a new chief executive role at another company. The company says the decision is not due to any disagreement over its operations, policies, or practices, and the board will shrink to eight directors at the meeting.
Director Luther C. Kissam IV will not stand for re-election and resigns effective at the May 14, 2026 Annual Meeting
Reason given: he recently accepted a chief executive officer position at another company, which requires him to leave other boards
Board size reduced from nine to eight directors effective with the Annual Meeting; the rest of the nominee slate is unchanged
ACP Holdings Acquisition Corp., a blank check company with no business combination target, completed its initial public offering of 20,000,000 units at $10.00 per unit on April 8, 2026, generating gross proceeds of $200 million. The filing reports an over-allotment closing on April 10, 2026 and an audited opening balance sheet, and states that $201 million ($10.05 per unit) was placed in a trust account to be used for a future business combination, with public shareholders able to redeem their shares.
IPO of 20,000,000 units at $10.00 per unit closed April 8, 2026, for gross proceeds of $200,000,000
Over-allotment: 1,461,600 additional units sold April 10, 2026, for $14,616,000 in gross proceeds
Private placement of 485,000 units to the sponsor and Roth Capital Partners generated $4,850,000
$201,000,000 ($10.05 per unit) placed in trust with Odyssey Transfer and Trust Company; 18-month completion window
Apogee Acquisition Corp, a blank check company, closed its initial public offering on April 8, 2026, selling 17,250,000 units at $10.00 each for $172.5 million, including the full exercise of the underwriters' over-allotment option. The company placed $173.4 million ($10.05 per unit, including $6.0 million in deferred underwriting commissions) in a trust account to fund a future business combination, and filed an audited April 8, 2026 balance sheet as Exhibit 99.1.
Offering: 17,250,000 units at $10.00 per unit, gross proceeds of $172,500,000, closed April 8, 2026
Private placement: 470,000 units sold to sponsor Apogee Acquisition Sponsor LLC for $4,700,000
Trust account: $173,362,500 ($10.05 per unit), held with Efficiency INC. as trustee
Balance sheet as of April 8, 2026 shows cash of $738,926 outside the trust
APA Corporation released supplemental first-quarter 2026 figures ahead of full results, which it will discuss on a May 7 conference call. The company reported a $244 million net gain on oil and gas purchases and sales before tax, which includes a $66 million realized loss from commodity derivatives, and general and administrative expenses of $115 million. It also curtailed U.S. natural gas and natural gas liquids output in response to weak or negative Waha hub prices, and the filing gives no revenue or earnings per share figures.
Net gain on oil and gas purchases and sales was $244 million before tax, including a $66 million realized loss from commodity derivatives.
General and administrative expenses were $115 million, including about $25 million of higher-than-expected stock-based compensation tied to the share price increase.
APA curtailed about 88 MMcf/d of U.S. natural gas and 6,800 barrels per day of U.S. natural gas liquids production in the first quarter due to weak or negative Waha hub prices.
Full first-quarter 2026 results will be discussed on a conference call on Thursday, May 7, at 10 a.m. Central Time.
Meta said directors Hock E. Tan and Tracey T. Travis notified the company on April 8, 2026 that they will not stand for re-election to the Board at the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Both will remain directors until that meeting, so the board has no immediate vacancy.
Notice given on April 8, 2026 by Hock E. Tan and Tracey T. Travis
Neither director will stand for re-election at the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
Both will continue serving as directors until the Annual Meeting date
Effective April 13, 2026, the board of Illumination Acquisition Corp I appointed John DeMarais as Chief Operating Officer. DeMarais, a director in investment banking at Lucid Capital Markets, has worked on over 20 SPAC transactions, which the filing describes as relevant experience for the role.
Appointment effective April 13, 2026, reported in an 8-K dated April 14, 2026
DeMarais joined Lucid Capital Markets, LLC in April 2025 as a Director in investment banking
Prior roles include Craig-Hallum Capital Group (February 2021 to April 2025) and Ernst & Young (August 2017 to February 2021)
Company will enter a standard form indemnification agreement with DeMarais; no related-party transactions disclosed
Concentra Group Holdings Parent, Inc. said Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer Dr. John Anderson will retire effective December 31, 2026. The company has started a formal search for his successor and expects to enter a consulting agreement with him to support the transition. The filing includes no financial results or guidance.
Dr. John Anderson notified the company of his retirement on April 10, 2026, effective December 31, 2026.
The company has initiated a formal search for Anderson's successor.
The company expects to enter a Consulting Agreement with Anderson to support the transition of his responsibilities.
Anderson joined Concentra in 1993 and has served as Chief Medical Officer since 2014.
Quaker Houghton signed Amendment No. 4 to its credit agreement on April 10, 2026, with Bank of America, N.A. as administrative agent. The new facilities include a $550 million U.S. dollar term loan, a $250 million euro-equivalent term loan and an $800 million revolving credit facility, which will repay the existing loans and replace the prior revolving commitments. The filing says the amendment extends the nearest debt maturity to 2031 and increases available credit, but the new debt is secured by first priority liens on substantially all company and guarantor assets and includes covenants that limit dividends and share repurchases.
Amended Credit Agreement signed April 10, 2026; all debt outstanding matures April 10, 2031
New facilities: $550 million U.S. dollar term loan, $250 million euro-equivalent term loan, $800 million revolving credit facility
Proceeds repay in full all outstanding loans under the existing credit agreement and terminate its revolving commitments
Debt is secured by first priority liens on substantially all assets of the Company and subsidiary guarantors
Maywood Acquisition Corp. 2, a blank check company, priced an initial public offering of 10,000,000 units at $10.00 per unit, or $100 million, with D. Boral Capital LLC as sole book-running manager. The units are set to begin trading on Nasdaq on April 14, 2026, and the company has granted underwriters a 45-day option to buy up to 1,500,000 additional units.
Offering size: 10,000,000 units at $10.00 per unit, announced April 13, 2026
Units begin trading on Nasdaq Global Market on April 14, 2026 under ticker MYXXU; shares are expected to trade as MYX once securities separate
Each unit includes one Class A ordinary share, one right to receive one-fourth of a share upon a business combination, and one warrant exercisable at $11.50 per share
Underwriters have a 45-day option to purchase up to 1,500,000 additional units to cover over-allotments
Hershey said Andrew Archambault, its President, US, will leave the company effective May 1, 2026. The company has begun a search for his replacement, and the filing gives no reason for the departure or any details on a successor.
Andrew Archambault, President, US, will leave the company effective May 1, 2026.
The company has begun a search for his replacement.
The filing does not state a reason for the departure or name an interim successor.
SPS Commerce amended all outstanding performance stock unit awards held by its executive officers, including retired executives, to a single revised PSU Agreement effective April 10, 2026. The change makes treatment of 2024 awards consistent with 2025 and 2026 awards, and the new agreement will also apply to future grants.
Effective date of the amended PSU Agreement is April 10, 2026
2024 PSUs had single-trigger vesting; 2025 and 2026 PSUs had double-trigger vesting
Under the new agreement, accelerated vesting generally requires termination without cause or good-reason resignation within one year after a change in control, or the surviving entity failing to continue or assume the awards
Phibro Animal Health director Joyce J. Lee informed the company on April 13, 2026 that she intends to resign from the Board effective April 15, 2026. The filing states her resignation was not due to any disagreement with the company on its operations, policies or practices.
Joyce J. Lee, a Class II Director, intends to resign effective April 15, 2026
Notice was given to the company on April 13, 2026
Filing states no disagreement with the company on operations, policies or practices
On April 14, 2026, CoreWeave completed two private debt offerings to qualified institutional buyers: $1.75 billion of 9.750% Senior Notes due 2031 and $4 billion of 1.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2032, including a $500 million option exercised in full. CoreWeave says it will use the senior note proceeds for general corporate purposes, including repaying existing indebtedness. The convertible notes can be settled in cash, Class A shares, or a mix, at CoreWeave's election, which could add up to 43,478,000 shares to the share count if converted at the maximum rate.
Senior Notes: $1.75 billion, 9.750% coupon, mature October 1, 2031, interest paid April 1 and October 1 starting October 1, 2026
Convertible Notes: $4 billion including a $500 million option exercised in full, 1.75% coupon, mature October 1, 2032
Initial conversion price of about $119.60 per share, a 30.0% premium to the April 9, 2026 last reported sale price
Convertible notes cannot be redeemed before October 8, 2029; maximum conversion would issue up to 43,478,000 Class A shares
Alpha Cognition entered a settlement agreement dated April 10, 2026 with Galantos Pharma GmbH i.L., a company in liquidation, to extinguish future royalty and milestone payments under the Memogain Asset Purchase Agreement. In exchange for a one-time payment of EUR 5,214,220, Galantos agreed to release the company and its related parties from claims arising from the original agreement. The filing does not state the financial impact on the company's results.
One-time payment of EUR 5,214,220 to Galantos in full satisfaction of remaining contingent obligations, including royalty and milestone-related payments.
Galantos waives and releases the company and its related parties from causes of action arising from the Original Agreement.
Management states the settlement is an approximate 40% discount to the estimated market value of the remaining obligations, based on its own projections and comparable market benchmarks.
Agreement dated April 10, 2026; filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the report signed by CEO Michael McFadden on April 14, 2026.
Otter Tail Corporation's board elected Tim Rogelstad as President and Tyler Nelson as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, both effective April 13, 2026, as part of a long-term succession plan. Former CFO Todd Wahlund became Senior Vice President and President of Otter Tail Power Company, and CEO Charles MacFarlane remains CEO after stepping down as President. The filing discloses no financial results, and the changes are presented as planned succession rather than a response to performance.
Tim Rogelstad, 59, elected President on April 13, 2026; previously President of Otter Tail Power Company since 2014
Tyler Nelson, 46, elected Vice President and CFO on April 13, 2026; previously Vice President of Finance and Treasurer
Todd Wahlund stepped down as CFO and was elected Senior Vice President and President of Otter Tail Power Company
Nelson's base salary is $465,000, with a 50% annual cash incentive target and $250,000 long-term incentive target
Corteva named Luke Kissam, former Albemarle chairman, president and CEO, as CEO of New Corteva, the crop protection company that will separate from its seed business, SpinCo, in the fourth quarter of 2026. Kissam joins the company June 1, 2026, and Chief Executive Chuck Magro will become SpinCo CEO at separation, with new executive teams named for both companies. The filing discloses no financial results; the changes set the leadership structure for the planned separation.
Luke Kissam, 61, joins June 1, 2026 as CEO of the Crop Protection Business Unit and becomes New Corteva CEO at separation.
Kissam's employment agreement sets a $1.2 million annual base salary, a 150% short-term incentive target, and a one-time 2026 equity award with a $3.75 million target grant date value.
Jeff Rudolph is named New Corteva CFO; David Johnson becomes SpinCo CFO; Magro becomes SpinCo CEO.
Robert King, Executive Vice President of Crop Protection, becomes a strategic advisor July 1, 2026, and leaves after 2026 year-end, eligible for a $1 million transition bonus.
TransDigm Group furnished unaudited preliminary results for the thirteen weeks ended March 28, 2026, with net sales of about $2,540 million to $2,545 million and EBITDA As Defined of about $1,330 million to $1,335 million. It also said subsidiary TransDigm Inc. plans, subject to market conditions, to raise $1.25 billion of new debt, with proceeds used to fund the Stellant Systems acquisition and about $800 million of share repurchases completed in March 2026.
Preliminary net sales of approximately $2,540 million to $2,545 million for the thirteen weeks ended March 28, 2026, unaudited
Preliminary EBITDA As Defined of approximately $1,330 million to $1,335 million, subject to final closing procedures
Planned offering of $250 million of 6.125% senior subordinated notes due 2034 and up to $1,000 million of new tranche N term loans
Proceeds, with cash on hand, to fund the Stellant Systems purchase price and about $800 million of share repurchases completed in March 2026
Marsh & McLennan said Mark McGivney, its Chief Financial Officer, will also become Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, effective April 15, 2026. He will lead the company's inorganic strategies and support CEO John Doyle, while the Marsh Executive Committee continues to report to Doyle.
Base salary of $1,250,000 effective April 15, 2026
Target annual bonus of $3,450,000 starting with the 2026 performance year, awarded in February 2027
Target long-term incentive award of $6,300,000 starting with the 2027 award, plus a $10 million stock unit grant on May 1, 2026 vesting in three equal annual installments beginning May 15, 2027
Harmony Biosciences said CFO Sandip Kapadia stepped down effective April 14, 2026, to pursue other career opportunities, and named Glenn Reicin as his successor effective the same day. The company also reiterated its 2026 net product revenue guidance of $1.0 to $1.04 billion, so the change does not come with a guidance change.
Sandip Kapadia left the CFO role effective April 14, 2026; his separation agreement provides severance under his existing employment and award agreements, in exchange for a release of claims.
Glenn Reicin, age 61, was appointed CFO effective April 14, 2026; he was CFO at Eccogene from October 2024 to October 2025.
Reicin's employment agreement sets a $500,000 annual base salary, a target bonus of 50% of base salary, and an option award with a $3,000,000 grant date fair value vesting over four years.
Harmony reiterated its 2026 net product revenue guidance of $1.0 to $1.04 billion, primarily from WAKIX sales.
Amazon.com and Globalstar signed a definitive merger agreement under which Amazon will acquire Globalstar, adding direct-to-device satellite services to Amazon Leo. The deal is subject to closing conditions including regulatory approvals, and the filing says it is expected to close in 2027, so shareholders face a multi-year transaction with terms that depend on stock prices and milestones.
Globalstar holders can elect $90.00 in cash or 0.3210 Amazon shares per share, with the stock value capped at $90.00
Cash elections are capped at 40% of Globalstar shares, with excess cash converted to stock on a pro rata basis
Total consideration may be reduced by up to $110 million if Globalstar misses certain operational milestones
Holders of about 58% of Globalstar's voting power approved the deal by written consent; Amazon also signed a satellite services agreement with Apple
LeMaitre Vascular director Bridget Ross notified the board on April 8, 2026 that she will not stand for re-election at the June 2, 2026 annual meeting, and she will serve until then. The board nominated David B. Roberts for a Class II seat to rebalance board classes; he conditionally resigned his Class I seat, and the board will shrink from eight to seven members. The filing describes these changes as administrative and states no disagreements with the company.
Bridget Ross, Class II director, notified the board on April 8, 2026 of her intent not to stand for re-election
David B. Roberts nominated as Class II director; he notified the board on April 9, 2026 of his conditional resignation as a Class I director
Board size reduced from eight to seven members, effective upon Ross's departure; board to have two Class I, two Class II and three Class III directors
Dow's Board appointed Chief Operating Officer Karen S. Carter as Chief Executive Officer effective July 1, 2026, and added her as a director. Current Chair and CEO Jim Fitterling will become Executive Chair on the same date. Stockholders approved all five agenda items at the April 9, 2026 annual meeting, including an increase in shares available under the 2019 Stock Incentive Plan from 125 million to 185 million.
Karen S. Carter, 55, succeeds Jim Fitterling as CEO effective July 1, 2026; Carter has been COO since December 2024
Fitterling remains an employee and becomes Executive Chair; Richard K. Davis continues as Independent Lead Director
Stockholders approved the Plan amendment with 76% of votes cast in favor; all twelve director nominees were re-elected
Board declared a quarterly dividend of 35 cents per share, payable June 12, 2026 to holders of record on May 29, 2026
BHAV Acquisition Corp, a blank check company, announced that holders of its units may elect from on or about April 16, 2026 to separately trade Class A ordinary shares and rights on Nasdaq. Units not separated will continue to trade under BHAVU, and the separated shares and rights will trade under BHAV and BHAVR. This is an administrative change in how existing securities trade and does not by itself alter the company's financial position.
Separate trading of Class A ordinary shares and rights may begin on or about April 16, 2026.
Separated shares and rights are expected to trade under symbols BHAV and BHAVR; unseparated units continue as BHAVU.
Each right entitles the holder to one-fourth of one Class A ordinary share upon completion of an initial business combination; no fractional rights will be issued.
Holders must contact Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company through their brokers to separate units.
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