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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-22-016021"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ARCB"
cik: "0000894405"
company_name: "ARCBEST CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2022-11-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-22T16:24:53.381214+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ArcBest amends bylaws to update proxy rules, advance notice, and exclusive forum provisions

## Summary
- Board adopted Sixth Amended and Restated Bylaws on Oct 27, 2022, effective immediately.
- Advance notice requirements for director nominations and stockholder proposals updated.
- Nominating stockholders must comply with Rule 14a-19 (Universal Proxy Card Rules); non-compliant nominees disregarded.
- Federal district court of Delaware designated as sole exclusive forum for Securities Act claims.
- Updates made for electronic communications, stockholder lists, and other technical changes.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-22-016021
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ARCB
- cik: 0000894405
- company_name: ARCBEST CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2022-11-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894405/000155837022016021/0001558370-22-016021-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894405/000155837022016021/arcb-20221027x8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  ARCBEST CORP /DE/: Adopted Sixth Amended and Restated Bylaws updating advance notice requirements for director nominations and stockholder proposals, enhancing procedural mechanics for Universal Proxy Rules, updating electronic communications and stockholder list requirements, and establishing exclusive federal forum (effective 2022-10-27).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2022-10-27
  source text: On October 27, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of ArcBest Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), approved and adopted the Sixth Amended and Restated Bylaws (as amended and restated, the “Bylaws”) to (i) clarify and update certain corporate procedures, (ii) update certain provisions and eliminate redundancies and (iii) make various technical and conforming changes. The Bylaws became effective immediately upon adoption
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894405/000155837022016021/0001558370-22-016021-index.htm

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