---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001589526-23-000014"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BLBD"
cik: "0001589526"
company_name: "Blue Bird Corp"
filed_at: "2023-02-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T01:03:07.560488+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Blue Bird amends bylaws to align director nomination procedures with SEC Rule 14a-19

## Summary
- Board approved amendment to Bylaws on February 2, 2023, to update procedural requirements for director nominations.
- Amendment requires stockholder nominations to comply with SEC Rule 14a-19 universal proxy card rules.
- Nominations failing to comply with Rule 14a-19 will not be considered at the meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001589526-23-000014
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BLBD
- cik: 0001589526
- company_name: Blue Bird Corp
- filed_at: 2023-02-03T23:59:59+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/1589526/000158952623000014/0001589526-23-000014-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1589526/000158952623000014/blbd-20230202.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001589526-23-000014
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001589526-23-000014.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001589526-23-000014.txt

## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  Blue Bird Corp: Amendment to Bylaws to update director nomination procedural requirements in light of Rule 14a-19 (effective 2023-02-02).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-02-02
  source text: On February 2, 2023, the Board of Directors of Blue Bird Corporation (the “Company”) approved an amendment to the Company’s Bylaws (as so amended, the “Bylaws”) to update certain procedural requirements relating to director nominations by stockholders in light of the adoption and effectiveness of Rule 14a-19 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Rule 14a-19”), which generally requires the use of universal proxy cards in director election contests.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1589526/000158952623000014/0001589526-23-000014-index.htm

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