secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Blue Bird Corp (BLBD)
CIK:        0001589526
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-10-28T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001589526-24-000110
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.35
Item codes: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Blue Bird appoints former Lordstown Motors CEO Edward Hightower to board
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- Edward T. Hightower elected as Class I director and Audit Committee member effective October 23, 2024.
- Hightower previously served as CEO and President of Lordstown Motors, leading the launch of the Endurance EV pickup.
- He brings over 35 years of executive leadership at Ford, BMW, GM, and AlixPartners.
- Compensation Committee approved annual base salary increase for GC Ted Scartz to $420,000.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1589526/000158952624000110/0001589526-24-000110-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1589526/000158952624000110/blbd-20241022.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001589526-24-000110

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