{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001558370-24-002370","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"ARCB","cik":"0000894405","company_name":"ARCBEST CORP /DE/","filed_at":"2024-03-04T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:03:27.203639+00:00","generated_at":"2026-06-05T05:11:22.297063+00:00","sec_items":["5.03","9.01"],"event_type":"other_material","sentiment":"positive","materiality_score":0.55,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.55,"confidence":"high","headline":"ArcBest proposes eliminating supermajority voting, adopts majority standard for director elections","bullets":["New Charter would cut supermajority requirement (66-2/3%) to majority for mergers, asset sales, dissolution, and charter amendments; subject to stockholder approval at 2024 Annual Meeting.","Bylaws amended effective Feb 29, 2024: uncontested director elections now require majority of votes cast (plurality in contested).","Bylaw amendment voting threshold lowered from 75% to majority of outstanding shares entitled to vote.","Director resignation policy clarified in uncontested elections."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-24-002370","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-24-002370.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-24-002370.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-24-002370.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894405/000155837024002370/0001558370-24-002370-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894405/000155837024002370/arcb-20240229x8k.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-06-05T05:11:22.297063+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"130a79a48f2d3e2317ed90e74643cb02e98e53ba","claim":"ARCBEST CORP /DE/: Amended bylaws to adopt majority vote standard for uncontested director elections, clarify resignation policy, lower amendment voting threshold to majority, and make technical changes (effective 2024-02-29).","evidence_excerpt":"on February 29, 2024, the Board approved and adopted the Eighth Amended and Restated Bylaws (as amended and restated, the “Bylaws”), effective immediately. The Bylaws were amended to: (i) adopt a majority of votes cast standard for uncontested director elections (while retaining a plurality standard in contested elections); (ii) clarify the director resignation policy in uncontested elections; (iii) lower the voting requirement to amend the Bylaws at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders from 75% to a majority of the shares of stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat; and (iv) make various technical and other changes to conform to the foregoing and applicable law.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.03/5.05/5.06","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894405/000155837024002370/0001558370-24-002370-index.htm","confidence":0.9,"family_label":"Governance Changes","details":[{"label":"Change","value":"bylaw amendment"},{"label":"Effective","value":"2024-02-29"}],"fact_type":"governance_change"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}