--- schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1" accession: "0000950170-24-062139" form_type: "8-K" ticker: "ODFL" cik: "0000878927" company_name: "OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE, INC." filed_at: "2024-05-20T23:59:59+00:00" generated_at: "2026-06-01T13:58:33.343679+00:00" event_type: "dividend" sentiment: "positive" materiality_score: 0.65 calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65 confidence: "high" source: SEC EDGAR --- # Old Dominion declares $0.26 quarterly dividend, +30% YoY after split; appoints new accounting officer ## Summary - Clayton Brinker elected VP - Accounting & Finance effective Aug 2, replacing retiring Kimberly Maready. - Quarterly dividend raised 30% to $0.26/share (post 2-for-1 split), payable June 19 to holders of record June 5. - Shareholders elected all 12 director nominees and approved executive compensation, share increase, and auditor ratification. - Shareholder proposal on greenhouse gas reduction targets defeated (23.8M for, 73.5M against). ## SEC filing metadata - accession: 0000950170-24-062139 - form_type: 8-K - ticker: ODFL - cik: 0000878927 - company_name: OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE, INC. - filed_at: 2024-05-20T23:59:59+00:00 - event_type: dividend - sentiment: positive - materiality_score: 0.65 - calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65 - confidence: high - sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 8.01, 9.01 - EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/878927/000095017024062139/0000950170-24-062139-index.htm - EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/878927/000095017024062139/odfl-20240515.htm ## Machine-readable alternates - HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-062139 - JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-062139.json - Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-24-062139.txt ## Source-grounded claims - claim_id: c8528e1654 claim: Clayton G. Brinker was elected as Vice President – Accounting and Finance at OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE, INC.. evidence_excerpt: elected Clayton G. Brinker to serve as Vice President – Accounting and Finance of the Company and designated Mr. Brinker as the principal accounting officer of the Company, each effective August 2, 2024 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/878927/000095017024062139/0000950170-24-062139-index.htm - claim_id: e1f14a081a claim: Kimberly S. Maready retired as Vice President – Accounting and Finance at OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE, INC.. evidence_excerpt: As previously disclosed, Kimberly S. Maready, who currently serves as Vice President – Accounting and Finance of the Company and is designated as the principal accounting officer of the Company, notified the Company that she will be retiring from the Company on the Effective Date. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/878927/000095017024062139/0000950170-24-062139-index.htm - claim_id: 2386d88e45483daf9b7f89609a29f8fd3e8d87e3 claim: OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE, INC. shareholders approved Ratification of the Appointment of the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2024-05-15 meeting. evidence_excerpt: Proposal 4 – Ratification of the Appointment of the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm The ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2024 was approved by the shareholders based on the following vote: For Against Abstain 96,791,415 3,482,856 50,901 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/878927/000095017024062139/0000950170-24-062139-index.htm - claim_id: 6ab7de13504b157dce70f248a995c8aea3b4246e claim: OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE, INC. shareholders approved Approval, on an Advisory Basis, of the Compensation of the Company's Named Executive Officers at the 2024-05-15 meeting. evidence_excerpt: Proposal 2 – Approval, on an Advisory Basis, of the Compensation of the Company's Named Executive Officers The compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was approved, on an advisory basis, by the shareholders based on the following vote: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 94,432,207 3,092,241 75,326 2,725,398 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/878927/000095017024062139/0000950170-24-062139-index.htm - claim_id: 8338dc0176e95735a6038c00c14ffa4a5ff84af4 claim: OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE, INC. shareholders rejected Shareholder proposal regarding greenhouse gas reduction targets at the 2024-05-15 meeting. evidence_excerpt: Proposal 5 – Shareholder Proposal A shareholder proposal regarding greenhouse gas reduction targets was not approved by the shareholders based on the following vote: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 23,760,668 73,487,605 351,501 2,725,398 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/878927/000095017024062139/0000950170-24-062139-index.htm - claim_id: bf6f7fea5a1b888cee52cda8210962a045268de0 claim: OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE, INC. shareholders approved Election of Twelve Directors at the 2024-05-15 meeting. evidence_excerpt: Proposal 1 – Election of Twelve Directors Each of the following individuals were elected by the shareholders to serve as directors for one-year terms and until their respective successors have been elected and qualified or until their death, resignation, removal or disqualification or until there is a decrease in the number of directors, and received the number of votes set opposite their respective names: evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/878927/000095017024062139/0000950170-24-062139-index.htm - claim_id: cc9d40ca85e7633d2989850da267650b51b5fd0f claim: OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE, INC. shareholders approved Approval of an Amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation to Increase the Number of Authorized Shares of the Company’s Common Stock at the 2024-05-15 meeting. evidence_excerpt: Proposal 3 – Approval of an Amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation to Increase the Number of Authorized Shares of the Company’s Common Stock The amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of the Company’s common stock was approved by the shareholders based on the following vote: For Against Abstain 97,224,417 3,075,641 25,114 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/878927/000095017024062139/0000950170-24-062139-index.htm This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. 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