---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001492691-23-000010"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KNX"
cik: "0001492691"
company_name: "Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc."
filed_at: "2023-02-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T00:58:26.545126+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Knight-Swift appoints Jessica Powell to board, raises quarterly dividend 17% to $0.14/share

## Summary
- Jessica Powell appointed to board effective Feb 3, 2023; also joins Audit and Nominating/Governance committees.
- Powell currently Associate General Counsel at California Closet Company; background in legal, regulatory, and governance.
- Quarterly cash dividend increased by $0.02 to $0.14 per share payable March 27, 2023 to holders of record March 3, 2023.
- Dividend increase reflects a 16.7% rise from prior $0.12 per share quarterly dividend.
- No arrangements or material interests exist between Powell and other parties per Regulation S-K Item 404(a).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001492691-23-000010
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KNX
- cik: 0001492691
- company_name: Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-02-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1492691/000149269123000010/0001492691-23-000010-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1492691/000149269123000010/knx-20230203.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001492691-23-000010
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001492691-23-000010.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001492691-23-000010.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jessica Powell was appointed as Director at Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On February 3, 2023, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. (the "Company"), appointed Jessica Powell as a director, effective immediately
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1492691/000149269123000010/0001492691-23-000010-index.htm

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