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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-028815"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "JBHT"
cik: "0000728535"
company_name: "HUNT J B TRANSPORT SERVICES INC"
filed_at: "2023-10-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T15:12:33.429501+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# J.B. Hunt amends bylaws to adopt proxy access for shareholders holding 3% for 3+ years

## Summary
- Amendment No. 3 adds Section 2.14 to Article II of the bylaws, effective October 19, 2023.
- A stockholder or group of up to 20 can nominate up to the greater of 2 directors or 20% of the board.
- Requires ownership of at least 3% of outstanding common stock continuously for at least 3 years.
- Proxy access is subject to conditions and requirements detailed in the amended bylaws.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-028815
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: JBHT
- cik: 0000728535
- company_name: HUNT J B TRANSPORT SERVICES INC
- filed_at: 2023-10-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/728535/000143774923028815/0001437749-23-028815-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/728535/000143774923028815/jbht20231020_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  HUNT J B TRANSPORT SERVICES INC: Added proxy access provisions to Article II of the Bylaws, permitting stockholders to nominate director candidates under specified conditions (effective 2023-10-19).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-10-19
  source text: On October 19, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. (the “Company”) approved and adopted Amendment No. 3 to the Company’s Second Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Bylaws”), effective immediately, to include proxy access provisions.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/728535/000143774923028815/0001437749-23-028815-index.htm

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