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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-009619"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001725057"
company_name: "Dayforce, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-02-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T11:13:21.862572+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ceridian HCM changes name to Dayforce; ticker becomes DAY on NYSE and TSX

## Summary
- Legal name changed from Ceridian HCM Holding Inc. to Dayforce, Inc., effective Jan 31, 2024.
- Common stock ticker symbol changes from CDAY to DAY on NYSE and TSX, effective Feb 1, 2024.
- Bylaws amended to reflect new name and adopt majority voting standard in uncontested director elections.
- CEO David Ossip states brand evolution aims to 'make work life better' and unify company around Dayforce HCM platform.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-009619
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001725057
- company_name: Dayforce, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-02-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1725057/000095017024009619/0000950170-24-009619-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1725057/000095017024009619/day-20240131.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-009619.txt

## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  Dayforce, Inc.: Certificate of Amendment and Restated Certificate of Incorporation filed to change corporate name from Ceridian HCM Holding Inc. to Dayforce, Inc (effective 2024-01-31).
  - Change: charter amendment
  - Effective: 2024-01-31
  source text: On January 31, 2024, Ceridian HCM Holding Inc. (the “Company”) changed its corporate name to Dayforce, Inc. (the “Name Change”) pursuant to a Certificate of Amendment to the Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificate of Amendment”) and a Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Restated Certificate of Incorporation”) integrating the Certificate of Amendment. The Certificate of Amendment and Restated Certificate of Incorporation were each filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on January 29, 2024 and became effective on January 31, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1725057/000095017024009619/0000950170-24-009619-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  Dayforce, Inc.: Amended and restated Third Amended and Restated Bylaws to reflect the name change, adopt majority voting standard in uncontested director elections, and make other administrative changes (effective 2024-01-31).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2024-01-31
  source text: In connection with the Name Change, effective January 31, 2024, the Board also amended and restated its Third Amended and Restated Bylaws to reflect the Name Change (the “Fourth Amended and Restated Bylaws”). The Fourth Amended and Restated Bylaws also reflect the adoption of a majority voting standard in uncontested director elections, as well as other administrative changes.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1725057/000095017024009619/0000950170-24-009619-index.htm

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