---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-23-001987"
form_type: "8-K/A"
ticker: "ARCB"
cik: "0000894405"
company_name: "ARCBEST CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2023-02-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T01:10:31.019161+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ArcBest appoints Jason Parks as VP-Controller and CAO effective March 1, 2023, with compensation details

## Summary
- Jason Parks to become VP-Controller and CAO effective March 1, 2023, replacing Traci Sowersby.
- Base salary increase; eligible for short-term incentive at 40% of base salary for FY2023.
- Long-term cash incentive target of $115,000 for three-year period ending Dec 31, 2025.
- Equity grant target value of $115,000, to be approved by Compensation Committee in Q2 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-23-001987
- form_type: 8-K/A
- ticker: ARCB
- cik: 0000894405
- company_name: ARCBEST CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2023-02-24T23:59:59+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/894405/000155837023001987/0001558370-23-001987-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894405/000155837023001987/arcb-20220111x8ka.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Traci L. Sowersby departed as vice president – controller and chief accounting officer at ARCBEST CORP /DE/.
  - Action: departed
  - Role: vice president – controller and chief accounting officer
  source text: On January 18, 2022, ArcBest Corporation (the “Company”) filed a Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Initial Report”) disclosing that Jason Parks, then the assistant corporate controller, would replace Traci L. Sowersby, vice president – controller and chief accounting officer of the Company, and that Mr. Parks would become vice president – controller and chief accounting officer and the principal accounting officer of the Company, effective March 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894405/000155837023001987/0001558370-23-001987-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jason Parks was appointed as vice president – controller and chief accounting officer at ARCBEST CORP /DE/.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: vice president – controller and chief accounting officer
  source text: On January 18, 2022, ArcBest Corporation (the “Company”) filed a Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Initial Report”) disclosing that Jason Parks, then the assistant corporate controller, would replace Traci L. Sowersby, vice president – controller and chief accounting officer of the Company, and that Mr. Parks would become vice president – controller and chief accounting officer and the principal accounting officer of the Company, effective March 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894405/000155837023001987/0001558370-23-001987-index.htm

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