secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Blue Bird Corp (BLBD)
CIK:        0001589526
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-18T20:20:49+00:00
Accession:  0001589526-26-000034
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 1.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Blue Bird transfers pension obligations for 2,044 participants to Pacific Life
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- Plan purchased group annuity contracts; $94M in liabilities transferred, funded by Plan assets.
- In April 2026, Plan paid ~$13M in lump-sum distributions to certain participants.
- Company expects material non-cash pension settlement charge in Q3 FY2026 ending June 27, 2026.
- Pacific Life assumes benefit obligations effective August 1, 2026; Plan to terminate thereafter.
- No additional funding required from Blue Bird; closing expected May 19, 2026.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1589526/000158952626000034/0001589526-26-000034-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1589526/000158952626000034/blbd-20260512.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001589526-26-000034

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