---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-24-024134"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "JBHT"
cik: "0000728535"
company_name: "HUNT J B TRANSPORT SERVICES INC"
filed_at: "2024-07-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T14:37:29.143370+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# J.B. Hunt announces death of board member Patrick Ottensmeyer on July 28, 2024

## Summary
- Patrick Ottensmeyer passed away July 28, 2024; he joined the Board earlier in 2024.
- He served on the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.
- No replacement has been announced; the Board will address committee vacancies in due course.
- Ottensmeyer had a prior career in the rail industry before joining J.B. Hunt's board.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-024134
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: JBHT
- cik: 0000728535
- company_name: HUNT J B TRANSPORT SERVICES INC
- filed_at: 2024-07-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/728535/000143774924024134/0001437749-24-024134-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/728535/000143774924024134/jbht20240731_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-24-024134
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-24-024134.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-24-024134.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Patrick Ottensmeyer departed as Director at HUNT J B TRANSPORT SERVICES INC.
  - Action: passed away
  - Role: Director
  source text: It is with great sadness that J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. (the “Company”) announces that Patrick Ottensmeyer passed away on July 28, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/728535/000143774924024134/0001437749-24-024134-index.htm

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