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accession: "0001437749-23-001645"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "JBHT"
cik: "0000728535"
company_name: "HUNT J B TRANSPORT SERVICES INC"
filed_at: "2023-01-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T11:14:35.088225+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
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source: SEC EDGAR
---

# J.B. Hunt sets 2023 base salaries for top executives; adopts new bonus plan tied to operating income

## Summary
- CEO John Roberts base salary $1,000,000; President Shelley Simpson $800,000; CFO John Kuhlow $525,000.
- New 2023 cash bonus plan: CEO and President can earn 15%–185% of salary (target 105%); other NEOs 15%–160% (target 80%).
- Bonus pays only if operating income reaches at least 85% of budget; max payout at 115% of budget.
- Chairman Kirk Thompson base salary $446,250; not eligible for bonus plan.
- Bylaws amended to require shareholder proxy solicitation disclosures per Rule 14a-19 for director nominations.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-001645
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: JBHT
- cik: 0000728535
- company_name: HUNT J B TRANSPORT SERVICES INC
- filed_at: 2023-01-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/728535/000143774923001645/0001437749-23-001645-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/728535/000143774923001645/jbht20230123_8k.htm

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