secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. (KNX)
CIK:        0001492691
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-06-04T20:34:55+00:00
Accession:  0001492691-26-000051
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Kevin Knight retires as Executive Chairman; David Vander Ploeg named Chair
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- Kevin Knight resigned as Executive Chairman and director effective June 3, 2026; no disagreement with company.
- David Vander Ploeg, former Lead Independent Director, appointed Chair of the Board.
- Knight entered 2-year consulting agreement with $20.25M fee ($10.125M upfront + monthly installments).
- Knight forfeits all unvested equity awards; agrees to non-solicitation, non-compete, and confidentiality.
- CEO Adam Miller praised Knight's role in building culture of safety, operational excellence, financial discipline.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1492691/000149269126000051/0001492691-26-000051-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1492691/000149269126000051/knx-20260603.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001492691-26-000051

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