secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP (GD)
CIK:        0000040533
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-02-06T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000040533-23-000009
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.20
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

General Dynamics elects retired General Richard Clarke to board of directors
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- Clarke, 60, retired Aug. 2022 as commander of US Special Operations Command, leading 75,000+ military members.
- He oversaw an annual operating budget over $25 billion at USSOCOM.
- Clarke appointed to Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.
- Election effective Feb. 1, 2023; compensation same as other non-employee directors.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40533/000004053323000009/0000040533-23-000009-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40533/000004053323000009/gd-20230206.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000040533-23-000009

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