secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     RYDER SYSTEM INC (R)
CIK:        0000085961
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-12-19T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-25-058084
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.30
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Ryder director Abbie Smith to retire; Tammy Romo (ex-Southwest CFO) appointed to board
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- Abbie Smith will retire and not stand for reelection at Ryder's 2026 Annual Meeting; departure not due to any disagreement.
- Tammy Romo appointed to the Board effective January 5, 2026, to serve on Audit and Finance Committees.
- Romo was EVP and CFO of Southwest Airlines until April 2025 and is an independent director of Tenet Healthcare.
- Appointment part of board's ongoing succession planning to balance tenure with fresh perspectives.
- Romo will participate in standard non-employee director compensation; indemnification agreement to be entered.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/85961/000162828025058084/0001628280-25-058084-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/85961/000162828025058084/r-20251218.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-25-058084

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