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accession: "0000037996-24-000063"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "F"
cik: "0000037996"
company_name: "FORD MOTOR CO"
filed_at: "2024-03-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T21:50:19.039149+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ford closes three executive retirement plans to new participants effective March 14, 2024

## Summary
- Defined Benefit SERP, Executive Separation Allowance Plan, and Select Retirement Plan amended and restated; closed to new entrants.
- Plans cover U.S. payroll executives at Leadership Level 4 and above; existing participants' accrued benefits remain unchanged.
- Change reduces future supplemental pension liabilities and aligns with industry shift away from executive defined-benefit plans.
- Effective date is March 14, 2024; amended plan documents filed as Exhibits 10.1, 10.2, and 10.3.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000037996-24-000063
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: F
- cik: 0000037996
- company_name: FORD MOTOR CO
- filed_at: 2024-03-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/37996/000003799624000063/0000037996-24-000063-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/37996/000003799624000063/f-20240314.htm

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