---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-22-017755"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "JBHT"
cik: "0000728535"
company_name: "HUNT J B TRANSPORT SERVICES INC"
filed_at: "2022-07-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T08:56:50.851809+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# J.B. Hunt appoints Shelley Simpson as President, authorizes $500M share repurchase

## Summary
- Shelley Simpson appointed President effective Aug 1, 2022; John Roberts remains CEO.
- Simpson's base salary raised to $725,000; eligible for PGI bonus of 75%-125% of base salary.
- Board authorized $500M share repurchase program; timing and amount subject to market conditions.
- Bylaws amended to require CEO to serve on Board of Directors, replacing President requirement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-22-017755
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: JBHT
- cik: 0000728535
- company_name: HUNT J B TRANSPORT SERVICES INC
- filed_at: 2022-07-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 5.02, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/728535/000143774922017755/0001437749-22-017755-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/728535/000143774922017755/jbht20220726_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-22-017755
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-22-017755.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-22-017755.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Shelley Simpson was appointed as President at HUNT J B TRANSPORT SERVICES INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President
  source text: On July 20, 2022, the Board of Directors of J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Shelley Simpson to serve as President of the Company effective August 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/728535/000143774922017755/0001437749-22-017755-index.htm

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