---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-23-016971"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ARCB"
cik: "0000894405"
company_name: "ARCBEST CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2023-10-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T06:28:53.751841+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ArcBest amends bylaws to remove certain advance notice requirements and exclusive forum clause

## Summary
- Board adopted Seventh Amended and Restated Bylaws on October 24, 2023.
- Removed certain informational requirements under Section 2.13 advance notice bylaw.
- Removed exclusive forum provision designating federal district court of Delaware for Securities Act claims.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-23-016971
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ARCB
- cik: 0000894405
- company_name: ARCBEST CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2023-10-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894405/000155837023016971/0001558370-23-016971-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894405/000155837023016971/arcb-20231024x8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  ARCBEST CORP /DE/: Removed certain informational requirements for advance notice and eliminated exclusive forum provision for Securities Act claims (effective 2023-10-24).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-10-24
  source text: On October 24, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of ArcBest Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), approved and adopted the Seventh Amended and Restated Bylaws (as amended and restated, the “Bylaws”) to (i) remove certain informational requirements for notices delivered to the Company under the advance notice requirements set forth in Section 2.13 of the Bylaws, and (ii) remove the provision from Article X of the Bylaws that made the federal district court of Delaware the sole and exclusive forum for the resolution of any complaint arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894405/000155837023016971/0001558370-23-016971-index.htm

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