---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001008886-24-000094"
form_type: "8-K/A"
ticker: "KNX"
cik: "0001492691"
company_name: "Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc."
filed_at: "2024-03-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T19:18:28.004499+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Knight-Swift amends 8-K: CEO Miller salary $900k, CFO Hess $425k, ex-CEO Jackson $5.5M severance

## Summary
- CEO Adam Miller base salary raised to $900,000 (from $825,000); target bonus increased to 110% of salary.
- CFO Andrew Hess: base salary $425,000, target bonus 75%, time-vested RSUs $288k, performance RSUs $432k.
- Former CEO David Jackson separated Feb 26, 2024: lump-sum $1.85M, $1.85M over 24 months, plus $1.8M for COBRA/covenants/bonus.
- Severance requires release of claims and restrictive covenants (non-compete, non-solicit, non-disclosure).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001008886-24-000094
- form_type: 8-K/A
- ticker: KNX
- cik: 0001492691
- company_name: Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-03-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1492691/000100888624000094/0001008886-24-000094-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1492691/000100888624000094/form8ka.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001008886-24-000094
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001008886-24-000094.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001008886-24-000094.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Andrew Hess was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: the Company appointed Adam Miller as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Andrew Hess as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, both effective February 26, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1492691/000100888624000094/0001008886-24-000094-index.htm
- Executive change
  Adam Miller was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: the Company appointed Adam Miller as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Andrew Hess as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, both effective February 26, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1492691/000100888624000094/0001008886-24-000094-index.htm
- Executive change
  David A. Jackson departed as Chief Executive Officer at Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc..
  - Action: stepped down
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: David A. Jackson stepped down as Chief Executive Officer of the Company and as a member of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1492691/000100888624000094/0001008886-24-000094-index.htm

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