secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     WERNER ENTERPRISES INC (WERN)
CIK:        0000793074
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-02-23T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000793074-23-000011
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Werner Enterprises appoints Chris Wikoff as CFO effective April 18, 2023
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- Chris Wikoff named EVP, Treasurer and CFO, succeeding John J. Steele who announced retirement in August 2022.
- Wikoff's starting compensation: $495,000 base salary, 70% target cash incentive, $400,000 annual equity award.
- One-time $250,000 cash sign-on bonus and $1,000,000 retention equity award (vests over 5 years).
- Wikoff previously EVP and Treasurer at West Technology Group; over 20 years finance leadership experience.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/793074/000079307423000011/0000793074-23-000011-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/793074/000079307423000011/wern-20230223.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000793074-23-000011

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