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FedEx Freight Holding Company, Inc. — fact timeline

Source-grounded facts extracted from FedEx Freight Holding Company, Inc.'s SEC 8-K filings across all families, newest first. Each cites a verbatim SEC excerpt.

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Governance Changes

FedEx Freight Holding Company, Inc.: Changed fiscal year end from May 31 to December 31 (effective 2026-06-01).

“The Board has approved a change in the Company’s fiscal year end from May 31 to December 31, effective as of June 1, 2026 (the “Fiscal Year Change”).”
Governance Changes

FedEx Freight Holding Company, Inc.: Amended and restated bylaws in their entirety (effective 2026-06-01).

“the bylaws of the Company were amended and restated in their entirety by the amended and restated bylaws of the Company (the “Restated Bylaws”).”
Governance Changes

FedEx Freight Holding Company, Inc.: Amended and restated certificate of incorporation in its entirety (effective 2026-06-01).

“As of 12:01 a.m., Central Time, on June 1, 2026, the certificate of incorporation, as amended by the Certificate of Amendment, was amended and restated in its entirety by an amended and restated certificate of incorporation of the Company (the “Restated Certificate”)”
Governance Changes

FedEx Freight Holding Company, Inc.: Amended certificate of incorporation to create and authorize common stock and convert outstanding shares (effective 2026-05-27).

“As of 9:30 a.m., Eastern Time, on May 27, 2026, the certificate of incorporation of the Company was amended by the certificate of amendment to the certificate of incorporation of the Company (the “Certificate of Amendment”), which, among other things, (i) created and authorized 500,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.10 per share (the “Common Stock”), and (ii) converted the total number of shares of the Common Stock issued and outstanding into a number of validly issued, fully paid, and non-assessable shares of the Common Stock authorized for issuance pursuant to the Certificate of Amendment equal to 149,505,248.”
M&A Transactions

FedEx Freight Holding Company, Inc. completed an acquisition involving FedEx Corporation (closed 2026-06-01).

“On June 1, 2026, FedEx Freight Holding Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“FedEx Freight” or the “Company”) completed its spin-off from FedEx Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“FedEx”), into a new, publicly traded company (the “Spin-Off”).”
M&A Transactions

FedEx Freight Holding Company, Inc. underwent a change of control involving FedEx Corporation (closed 2026-06-01).

“Effective as of 12:01 a.m., Central Time, on June 1, 2026 (the “Effective Time”), FedEx completed the Spin-Off through the distribution by FedEx of 80.1% of the outstanding shares of FedEx Freight common stock on a pro rata basis to the holders of FedEx common stock.”
Debt Financings

FedEx Freight Holding Company, Inc. incurred term loan of $600 million.

“On May 27, 2026, the Company drew down the full $600 million available under the Term Loan Facility.”

Samantha M. Smith was appointed as Director at FedEx Freight Holding Company, Inc..

“each of John A. Smith, R. Brad Martin, Jeffrey A. Davis, Donald E. Frieson, Stephen E. Gorman, Robert A. King, Cindy J. Miller, Amy J. Salcido, and Samantha M. Smith was appointed to the Board”

Amy J. Salcido was appointed as Director at FedEx Freight Holding Company, Inc..

“each of John A. Smith, R. Brad Martin, Jeffrey A. Davis, Donald E. Frieson, Stephen E. Gorman, Robert A. King, Cindy J. Miller, Amy J. Salcido, and Samantha M. Smith was appointed to the Board”

Cindy J. Miller was appointed as Director at FedEx Freight Holding Company, Inc..

“each of John A. Smith, R. Brad Martin, Jeffrey A. Davis, Donald E. Frieson, Stephen E. Gorman, Robert A. King, Cindy J. Miller, Amy J. Salcido, and Samantha M. Smith was appointed to the Board”

Robert A. King was appointed as Director at FedEx Freight Holding Company, Inc..

“each of John A. Smith, R. Brad Martin, Jeffrey A. Davis, Donald E. Frieson, Stephen E. Gorman, Robert A. King, Cindy J. Miller, Amy J. Salcido, and Samantha M. Smith was appointed to the Board”

Stephen E. Gorman was appointed as Director at FedEx Freight Holding Company, Inc..

“each of John A. Smith, R. Brad Martin, Jeffrey A. Davis, Donald E. Frieson, Stephen E. Gorman, Robert A. King, Cindy J. Miller, Amy J. Salcido, and Samantha M. Smith was appointed to the Board”

Donald E. Frieson was appointed as Director at FedEx Freight Holding Company, Inc..

“each of John A. Smith, R. Brad Martin, Jeffrey A. Davis, Donald E. Frieson, Stephen E. Gorman, Robert A. King, Cindy J. Miller, Amy J. Salcido, and Samantha M. Smith was appointed to the Board”

Jeffrey A. Davis was appointed as Director at FedEx Freight Holding Company, Inc..

“each of John A. Smith, R. Brad Martin, Jeffrey A. Davis, Donald E. Frieson, Stephen E. Gorman, Robert A. King, Cindy J. Miller, Amy J. Salcido, and Samantha M. Smith was appointed to the Board”

R. Brad Martin was appointed as Director at FedEx Freight Holding Company, Inc..

“each of John A. Smith, R. Brad Martin, Jeffrey A. Davis, Donald E. Frieson, Stephen E. Gorman, Robert A. King, Cindy J. Miller, Amy J. Salcido, and Samantha M. Smith was appointed to the Board”

John A. Smith was appointed as Director at FedEx Freight Holding Company, Inc..

“each of John A. Smith, R. Brad Martin, Jeffrey A. Davis, Donald E. Frieson, Stephen E. Gorman, Robert A. King, Cindy J. Miller, Amy J. Salcido, and Samantha M. Smith was appointed to the Board”

John P. Sauerland was appointed as Director and Chair of the Audit Committee at FedEx Freight Holding Company, Inc..

“John P. Sauerland was appointed to the Board and as the chair of the Audit Committee thereof”

Clement Edward Klank III resigned as Director at FedEx Freight Holding Company, Inc..

“Effective as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, Mr. Klank resigned from his position as a director.”

Guy M. Erwin II was named as Senior Vice President – Chief Accounting Officer at FedEx Freight Holding Company, Inc..

“On May 14, 2026, Guy M. Erwin II was named to serve as Senior Vice President – Chief Accounting Officer of FedEx Freight Holding Company, Inc. (“FedEx Freight” or the “Company”) beginning on June 1, 2026.”

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