2,914 material Form 8-K filings that 2,352 companies we cover made with the SEC in August 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).
Legacy Housing appointed co-founder Kenneth E. Shipley as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer effective August 13, 2026, replacing him as interim CEO, a role he had held since October 10, 2025. Shipley will receive a salary of $50,000 per year and has no written employment agreement or set term, and the filing discloses ongoing home sales to retailers owned by Shipley-linked significant shareholders.
Kenneth E. Shipley, age 67, appointed Chairman and CEO effective August 13, 2026; he had been interim CEO since October 10, 2025
Salary set at $50,000 per year; no written employment agreement and no set term of employment
Home sales to related retailers Bell Mobile Homes and Shipley Bros./Crazy Red's were $4.8 million and $2.1 million for 2025
Curtis D. Hodgson retired as Executive Chairman and director effective July 21, 2026
First Industrial Realty Trust filed an amendment to an earlier 8-K to disclose committee assignments for director Frank E. Schmitz, who joined the Board effective June 1, 2026. On August 13, 2026, the Board appointed him to its Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee and Compensation Committee. The filing is administrative and does not describe a change in financial results or strategy.
Frank E. Schmitz was elected to the Board effective June 1, 2026, when the Board size increased from six to seven members.
On August 13, 2026, the Board appointed Mr. Schmitz to the Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee and the Compensation Committee.
The amendment was filed to provide committee assignment details omitted from the original 8-K.
Private Bancorp of America, Inc., the holding company for CalPrivate Bank, announced on August 17, 2026 that Andra Frazier has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer of the Bank. The filing says Ms. Frazier brings decades of banking experience at regional and community banks, and the company describes the role as supporting strategic growth and credit risk management. The filing does not discuss compensation or the financial effect of the hire.
Andra Frazier appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer of CalPrivate Bank, announced August 17, 2026
Company reported $2.71 billion in assets, $2.13 billion in loans and $2.38 billion in deposits as of June 30, 2026
For the quarter ended June 30, 2026, net income was $13.1 million and diluted earnings per share were $2.27
Kulicke & Soffa named Dr. Raj Talluri as President and Chief Executive Officer effective September 1, 2026, and elected him to its Board effective August 17, 2026. Interim CEO Lester Wong will remain Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. The filing also sets out Talluri's pay, including a $750,000 base salary and a one-time new-hire equity award with a target value of $14.0 million.
Talluri becomes President and CEO on September 1, 2026, and joined the Board on August 17, 2026.
Talluri was President and CEO of Enovix Corporation from January 2023; he was at Micron Technology from March 2018 to December 2022.
Offer letter terms include a $750,000 base salary, a target bonus of 110% of base salary, and a $6.0 million target annual equity award.
Lester Wong, interim CEO, continues as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
Park Aerospace appointed Constantine Petropoulos as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective August 12, 2026, according to the filing. He previously served as Senior Vice President and Chief Legal and Capital Markets Officer, and the company raised his annual base salary to $425,000 and granted him an option on 25,000 shares.
Constantine Petropoulos, age 48, appointed SVP and Chief Financial Officer effective August 12, 2026
Prior role: SVP and Chief Legal and Capital Markets Officer since January 2026
Annual base salary increased from $357,000 to $425,000, effective August 12, 2026
Stock option for 25,000 shares at $37.47 per share, vesting 25% annually over four years, expiring ten years from grant
NNN REIT said Christina Chiu and Charles “Chaz” D. Mueller, Jr. will join its Board effective October 1, 2026, as part of staged succession planning. Director Betsy D. Holden plans to retire from the Board on February 19, 2027, and the Board expects both new directors to serve on the Audit Committee.
Chiu and Mueller join the Board effective October 1, 2026.
Holden's planned retirement from the Board is effective February 19, 2027.
The Board expects to appoint both Chiu and Mueller to the Audit Committee.
Chiu is President of Empire State Realty Trust; Mueller sits on the Board of Trustees of Vivmark Residential.
ResMed dismissed KPMG as its independent auditor on August 13, 2026, and appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, subject to PwC's client acceptance procedures. The filing also reports that director Ron Taylor will not stand for reelection and will retire at the November 18, 2026 annual meeting, with Carol Burt named lead director effective November 15, 2026.
KPMG's reports on the fiscal 2026 and 2025 financial statements contained no adverse opinion, disclaimer, or qualification, and the filing reports no disagreements or reportable events.
PwC appointed on August 13, 2026, following a competitive review by the Audit Committee, subject to completion of its standard client acceptance procedures.
Ron Taylor, a director since 2005 and lead director since 2013, is retiring at the 2026 Annual Meeting on November 18, 2026, and his retirement is not due to any disagreement with the company.
Carol Burt, a Board member since 2013 who chairs the Nominating and Governance Committee, becomes lead director on November 15, 2026.
CVS Health appointed Teresa Heitsenrether, Executive Vice President and Chief Data & Analytics Officer at JPMorgan Chase, to its Board of Directors, effective November 18, 2026. Larry Robbins resigned from the Board effective August 13, 2026, and the company said his resignation was not due to any disagreement with the company. The filing reports no financial results, so the change is a board composition update rather than a change to company performance.
Teresa Heitsenrether joins the Board effective November 18, 2026, and was determined to be independent under NYSE rules.
Larry Robbins resigned from the Board effective August 13, 2026, after serving since 2024.
Heitsenrether's director compensation will match other non-employee directors, prorated for her start date.
CEO David Joyner said Heitsenrether brings experience in data, analytics and technology.
Kaiser Aluminum said Fred Stephan, 61, a former Chief Operating Officer of Amcor's flexible packaging unit, will become CEO and President on November 1, 2026, succeeding Keith A. Harvey, who will become Executive Chairman. The Board will grow from nine to ten directors when Stephan joins, and the company amended its Key Employee Severance Plan, which covers Stephan's severance terms.
Stephan's offer letter sets a base salary of $1,150,000, a short-term cash incentive target of $1,440,000 and a long-term incentive target of $4,430,000 beginning in 2027.
Stephan receives a sign-on restricted stock unit grant with a target value of $2,000,000 on the November 1, 2026 effective date.
Harvey, CEO since July 31, 2020, will serve as a special advisor to Stephan through October 31, 2027.
The Board will increase from nine to ten directors on the effective date.
BigBear.ai's board elected Ret. Lt. Gen. Sean Gainey as a director effective August 13, 2026, and appointed him to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. The filing describes his prior Army and Department of Defense leadership roles and his director compensation, which includes a prorated annual restricted stock unit award.
Board elected Ret. Lt. Gen. Sean Gainey on August 13, 2026, and named him to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.
Gainey led Army and joint force Space and Missile Defense from January 2024 through April 2026.
He will receive director compensation under the company's policy, including a prorated annual restricted stock unit award, and has signed the standard indemnification agreement.
Maze Therapeutics named two new non-employee directors, Paula Johnson and Sophie Kornowski, effective August 13, 2026, and announced the appointments in a press release that day. The Board also reassigned two existing directors to different classes so that each class has roughly one-third of the Board, as its certificate of incorporation contemplates.
Paula A. Johnson, M.D., M.P.H., joined as a Class III director with a term expiring at the 2028 annual meeting and was added to the nominating and corporate governance committee.
Sophie Kornowski, Pharm.D., joined as a Class I director with a term expiring at the 2029 annual meeting and was added to the audit and compensation committees.
Each new director receives a pro rata share of the $40,000 annual cash retainer and an option to purchase 36,000 shares of common stock, vesting monthly from the appointment date.
Nancy C. Andrews and Hervé Hoppenot resigned and were immediately reappointed to Class II and Class III, respectively.
TON Strategy Company increased its board from five to six members on August 17, 2026, and appointed Oscar Suarez to the new seat effective that day. Suarez will also replace Nicolas Cary as chair of the audit committee, so shareholders will see a new person overseeing the company's audit function.
Board expanded from five to six members; Oscar Suarez appointed effective August 17, 2026
Suarez succeeds Nicolas Cary as audit committee chairman
Suarez previously held roles at KPMG (1989 to 2004, partner in 1995) and Ernst & Young (2004 to 2021); he currently chairs the audit committee of Amerant Bancorp Inc.
He will receive non-employee director compensation under the policy described in the April 30, 2026 proxy statement and will sign the company's standard indemnification agreement
Cocrystal Pharma announced that Carol Brosgart, MD has joined its Board of Directors, effective August 12, 2026. The company said her antiviral drug development experience will support its CDI-988 norovirus program and broader antiviral pipeline.
Board appointment effective August 12, 2026; announced August 17, 2026
Dr. Brosgart spent more than a decade at Gilead Sciences, where she worked on Viread and Hepsera
Chairman Roger Kornberg said her insights will help advance CDI-988 for norovirus
Aon's Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Edmund Reese, moved out of the CFO role effective August 17, 2026, and will serve as a senior advisor through August 16, 2027. Nadin Virani, 49, became interim Chief Financial Officer on the same date, and the filing does not name a permanent successor.
Edmund Reese's CFO role ended August 17, 2026; he is a senior advisor to the company through August 16, 2027.
Nadin Virani, 49, is interim CFO effective August 17, 2026. He had been Global Head of Corporate Planning and Analytics since January 2025.
Virani's base salary rises by $50,000 per month during his interim term, and he is eligible for a cash bonus equal to the extra salary earned.
The transition is covered by a Letter Agreement with Reese dated August 17, 2026, filed as Exhibit 10.1.
Neuronetics said Nir Naor, its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, was appointed principal financial and accounting officer on August 12, 2026, ending Francis X. Brown III's interim role effective August 11, 2026. Brown will continue as a consultant, and the filing states no disagreement with the company led to the change.
Nir Naor appointed principal financial and accounting officer by the Board on August 12, 2026
Naor's title is now Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Corporate Secretary, and Treasurer
Francis X. Brown III's interim role ended August 11, 2026; he will continue as a consultant
Naor received no new compensation for the appointment or title change
Rocket Companies expanded its Board of Directors from nine to ten members and appointed Sarah Watterson as a Class III director, effective August 17, 2026. The filing says she is independent and will receive a $75,000 annual cash retainer and a $215,000 initial RSU grant, which vests after one year.
Sarah Watterson appointed Class III director effective August 17, 2026, with a term expiring at the 2029 annual meeting
Board expanded from nine to ten directors to fill the newly created seat
Compensation: $75,000 annual cash retainer, prorated, plus RSUs with an initial grant value of $215,000 vesting after one year
Watterson previously held senior roles at Brightline West, Fortress Investment Group and Goldman Sachs, per the filing
IDEX Corporation disclosed that director L. Paris Watts-Stanfield resigned from its Board effective immediately on August 13, 2026. The company said the resignation was not due to any disagreement over its operations, policies or practices. The board size was reduced from ten to nine directors as a result.
Director L. Paris Watts-Stanfield resigned from the Board effective immediately, with the decision dated August 13, 2026.
The company stated the resignation was not due to any disagreement on operations, policies or practices.
Board size was reduced from ten to nine directors.
Ardelyx disclosed that Chief Commercial Officer Eric Foster notified the company on August 11, 2026, of his decision to resign, effective August 28, 2026. The filing says he is leaving to pursue a new opportunity with a pre-commercial company and that the resignation is not the result of any disagreement with the company. The filing does not name a successor or describe transition arrangements.
Eric Foster gave notice of resignation on August 11, 2026; the resignation is effective August 28, 2026.
Foster is leaving to pursue a new opportunity with a pre-commercial company.
The filing states the resignation is not the result of any disagreement with the company.
Wendy's said its President, U.S., Pete Suerken, will leave the company effective August 31, 2026, to become President and CEO of Quality Supply Chain Co-op, the system's purchasing cooperative. The company is eliminating his role and creating a Chief Operations Officer position, which it is currently recruiting for, as part of restructuring efforts disclosed on its June quarter earnings call.
Pete Suerken notified Wendy's of his resignation on August 14, 2026; departure anticipated effective August 31, 2026.
The President, U.S. position will be eliminated and a new Chief Operations Officer role created, reporting to the CEO; the company is currently recruiting for it.
Suerken's make-whole RSU award granted July 2025 will vest on a pro-rated basis, and he will receive a pro-rated 2026 annual cash incentive based on actual company performance.
Suerken's other outstanding equity awards will be forfeited.
Vista Gold named Gavin Ferguson Managing Director of Vista Gold Australia Pty Ltd., effective September 7, 2026, to lead the Australian project execution team for the Mt Todd gold project. The filing discloses his compensation, including a base salary of A$580,000 and 600,000 restricted stock units, which shareholders will see as a material leadership addition for the project's next stage.
Effective date of appointment: September 7, 2026; he will be based in the Company's new West Perth office
Previously General Manager of the Carlin Mining Complex for Nevada Gold Mines from 2023 to August 2026
Compensation includes base salary of A$580,000 per year and 600,000 restricted stock units
Severance of 12 months' salary and benefits on a change of control, or 6 months' on termination without just cause
Peter C. Browning, a ScanSource director since 2014, retired from the Board effective August 12, 2026, and the Board shrank to seven seats. The company said the move was not the result of any disagreement with Mr. Browning. The change is a board composition update rather than an executive or financial event.
Peter C. Browning notified the Board on August 11, 2026, and retired effective August 12, 2026.
Browning served as Lead Independent Director from February 2019 to January 2026.
The Board decreased in size to seven seats following his retirement.
The company said the transition is not the result of any disagreement with Mr. Browning.
Bakkt said CFO Karen Alexander left the role effective August 14, 2026, and that the separation was not the result of any disagreement with management or the external auditor. Matt White, a former CFO of CoreCard Corporation, became Bakkt's CFO effective August 17, 2026, with a $300,000 base salary and equity awards priced at $10.00 per share.
Karen Alexander's CFO role and employment ended effective August 14, 2026; she will serve as an advisor until December 31, 2026.
Matt White, age 44, was appointed CFO effective August 17, 2026, after serving as CFO and Corporate Secretary of CoreCard Corporation (NYSE: CCRD).
White's package includes a $300,000 base salary, 90,000 RSUs and 60,000 options with a $10.00 exercise price, granted as inducement awards without shareholder approval.
Alexander will receive $400,000 annualized consulting fees, a $200,000 cash payment for forfeited equity awards, and up to $160,000 tied to the Specified Arbitration recovery.
Ispire Technology's board appointed Chief Legal Officer Steven Przybyla as President, effective immediately, on August 11, 2026. The filing says no compensation changes were made in connection with the appointment, and the company's August 17, 2026 press release says he will lead investor communications.
Board appointed Steven Przybyla as President on August 11, 2026, effective immediately
He continues as Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, roles he has held since September 1, 2023
No compensation change tied to the appointment; his base salary remains $400,000 with a 50% bonus target
Per the August 17, 2026 press release, he will lead investor communications with the CEO and CFO
L3Harris appointed Sam Mehta, its President of the Space & Mission Systems and Communications & Spectrum Dominance segments, as President and CEO effective immediately, and he joined the Board. Chairman and CEO Christopher Kubasik left the company after a board investigation found conduct inconsistent with the company's Code of Conduct, which the company said had no impact on financial reporting, controls, customer relationships or operations. The company also reaffirmed its 2026 guidance for consolidated revenue, organic growth, segment operating margin, GAAP earnings per share and free cash flow.
Sam Mehta named President and CEO effective August 17, 2026, with an annual base salary of $1,250,000, a 200% target annual cash bonus and a long-term incentive target of $13,250,000, prorated for 2026
Christopher Kubasik ended his employment as Chairman and CEO effective August 17, 2026, and resigned from the Board; he receives no severance or accelerated vesting of unvested equity
Lewis Hay III named Independent Chairman of the Board; Lauren Barnes appointed President of Space & Mission Systems and Christopher Aebli President of Communications & Spectrum Dominance
L3Harris reaffirmed 2026 guidance for consolidated revenue, organic growth, segment operating margin, GAAP earnings per share and free cash flow
Ulta Beauty's Board appointed Brieane L. Olson, chief executive of Pacific Sunwear of California, as an independent director, effective August 31, 2026. She fills the seat vacated by the resignation of Kelly Garcia, and the company says the Board will have 10 directors. The filing reports no financial results and describes a board change only.
Olson, 47, has served as CEO of Pacific Sunwear since May 2023 and joined PacSun in 2007.
Appointment is effective August 31, 2026, and her term runs to the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
Board will consist of 10 directors after the appointment, per the press release.
Garcia's resignation from the Board takes effect on the same date; the press release says it ties to his move to Chief Technology Officer.
Centene said CFO Andrew Asher will retire as chief financial officer effective December 31, 2026, and will serve as a strategic advisor through the end of 2027. Christopher Neczypor, who previously served as CFO of Lincoln National Corporation, is slated to become Executive Vice President and CFO on January 1, 2027, and the company reaffirmed its 2026 adjusted diluted EPS guidance of greater than $4.80 in the same announcement.
Andrew Asher steps down as CFO on December 31, 2026, and advises the company through 2027
Christopher Neczypor starts as Executive Vice President on or about September 1, 2026, and becomes CFO on January 1, 2027
Neczypor's package includes a $1,100,000 base salary, a 150% target bonus, a $2,000,000 cash sign-on bonus and $10,000,000 in make-whole restricted stock units
Company reaffirmed 2026 adjusted diluted EPS guidance of greater than $4.80, unchanged from its July 28, 2026 second quarter release
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