---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-001473"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ODFL"
cik: "0000878927"
company_name: "OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE, INC."
filed_at: "2023-01-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T06:10:13.673569+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Old Dominion CEO Greg Gantt to retire June 30; COO Marty Freeman to succeed

## Summary
- Greg Gantt retiring as President and CEO effective June 30, 2023; will remain on Board.
- Kevin M. Freeman elected President and CEO effective July 1, 2023.
- Freeman has been EVP & COO since May 2018, with 30+ years at Old Dominion.
- Succession described as part of long-term internal leadership development plan.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-001473
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ODFL
- cik: 0000878927
- company_name: OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-01-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/878927/000095017023001473/0000950170-23-001473-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/878927/000095017023001473/odfl-20230125.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-001473
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-001473.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-001473.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kevin M. Freeman was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer at OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE, INC..
  - Action: elected and appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: the Board, upon the recommendation of the Board’s Governance and Nomination Committee, elected and appointed Kevin M. (“Marty”) Freeman, currently Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company, to serve as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, effective July 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/878927/000095017023001473/0000950170-23-001473-index.htm
- Executive change
  Greg C. Gantt departed as President and Chief Executive Officer at OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE, INC..
  - Action: retire
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On January 25, 2023, Greg C. Gantt, President and Chief Executive Officer of Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. (the “Company”) and a member of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), notified the Company of his intention to retire from his positions as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, effective June 30, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/878927/000095017023001473/0000950170-23-001473-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.