---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-23-027272"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CPAY"
cik: "0001175454"
company_name: "CORPAY, INC."
filed_at: "2023-08-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-12T07:17:34.154995+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# FLEETCOR appoints Gerald Throop to Board; Mike Buckman retires after 10 years

## Summary
- Gerald Throop appointed to FLEETCOR Board effective July 28, 2023; background includes National Bank of Canada and Merrill Lynch.
- Mike Buckman retired from Board effective July 28, 2023, after 10 years of service.
- Throop is the third new director appointed in 2023 as part of Board refreshment initiative.
- Throop qualifies as independent under NYSE standards and receives standard non-employee director compensation.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-23-027272
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CPAY
- cik: 0001175454
- company_name: CORPAY, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-08-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1175454/000162828023027272/0001628280-23-027272-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1175454/000162828023027272/flt-20230728.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-23-027272.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Gerald Throop was appointed as Director at CORPAY, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On July 28, 2023, the Board of Directors of FLEETCOR Technologies, Inc. (the "Company" or "FLEETCOR"), appointed Gerald Throop to serve on its Board of Directors, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1175454/000162828023027272/0001628280-23-027272-index.htm
- Executive change
  Mike Buckman retired as Director at CORPAY, INC..
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Director
  source text: the Company announced that Mike Buckman had notified the Company on July 28, 2023 of his retirement from the Board, effective immediately, after 10 years of service.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1175454/000162828023027272/0001628280-23-027272-index.htm

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