---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-24-009876"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ARCB"
cik: "0000894405"
company_name: "ARCBEST CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2024-07-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T20:03:04.911412+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ArcBest appoints Seth Runser as president; ABF president Matt Godfrey succeeds him

## Summary
- Seth Runser, ABF Freight president since 2021, becomes ArcBest president effective Aug 1, 2024; Judy McReynolds remains CEO and chairman.
- Runser's annual base salary set at $575,000, target cash incentive at 80% of base, long-term cash incentive $600,000 from 2025, equity grant target $400,000 in 2025.
- Matt Godfrey, VP of Engineering at ABF, appointed as ABF president effective Aug 1, 2024, succeeding Runser.
- Runser led ABF through pandemic, union renewal, and eight quarters of record results; added over 500 doors since 2021.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-24-009876
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ARCB
- cik: 0000894405
- company_name: ARCBEST CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2024-07-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894405/000155837024009876/0001558370-24-009876-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894405/000155837024009876/arcb-20240717x8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-24-009876
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-24-009876.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Matthew Godfrey was appointed as president of ABF Freight at ARCBEST CORP /DE/.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: president of ABF Freight
  source text: Replacing Mr. Runser as president of ABF Freight will be Matthew Godfrey, who currently serves as vice president – engineering of ABF Freight.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894405/000155837024009876/0001558370-24-009876-index.htm
- Executive change
  Seth Runser was appointed as president at ARCBEST CORP /DE/.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: president
  source text: the Board of Directors of ArcBest Corporation (the “Company”) announced the appointment of Seth Runser, the current president of ABF Freight, to serve as president of the Company, effective as of August 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894405/000155837024009876/0001558370-24-009876-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.