Tag: 8K

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Green Mountain and the multi-tasking 8-K…
September 29, 2010—This morning, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR) is taking a dive -- it's down about 16% right now. The reason? Yesterday, after the market closed, Green Mountain put out this 8-K that contained several different disclosures, including this one at ...

Smooth road ahead for Oshkosh CEO…
September 24, 2010—Sometimes what goes around really does come around. Soon-to-depart Chief Executive Officer Robert "Bob" Bohn has been at the wheel of heavy-duty specialty truck maker Oshkosh Corporation (OSK) for the past 13 years of the company's 93-year journey. ...

Former Airvana exec waits for the right job…
September 23, 2010—Amid the flurry of executive departures this year, sometimes it takes a few weeks or months before an executive makes his next career move. In mid-March, we wrote about Airvana, Inc.'s merger ...

Not bad for three years at Cigna…
September 22, 2010—Michael Woeller joined Cigna in 2007, where he's chief information officer and executive vice-president, and will be until October 8. That's when, Cigna tells us in an 8-K it filed Monday, Woeller will step down -- with a parting ...

Six Flags looks to new execs for thrilling performance…
September 16, 2010—With higher revenues and a lower debt load following its emergence from Chapter 11 (reorganization) bankruptcy, things are looking up at Six Flags Entertainment Corporation (SIX). And with its latest round of executive appointments, announced with this

Staying long enough at Blockbuster…
September 15, 2010—Lots of articles focus on Blockbuster's financial challenges, but it was an executive departure memorialized in this 8-K that caught our eye. Thomas Casey, the company's CFO, recently notified Blockbuster that he planned to leave when his employment ...

A generous farewell from Beckman Coulter…
September 13, 2010—On September 8, biomedical testing company Beckman Coulter, Inc. (BEC) filed an 8-K to disclose the resignation of Scott Garrett, who wore numerous hats - Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, President, and Director. Garrett actually ...

Adding up the cost of change at Great Lakes…
September 10, 2010—We're familiar with the corporate mathematical equation —Executive change = $, but — even so — this was an especially expensive week for the shareholders of Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD). The Oak Brook, Illinois-based company ...

Mining the filings at Newmont, Massey & more…
September 3, 2010—Six days ago, near the small town of Winnemucca, Nevada, a mine employee was carrying his lunchbox. Another employee maneuvered a large front-end loader around the mine's maintenance shop. Corporate filings don't normally include this kind of you-are-there detail. But these vignettes are now ...

Maybe a little too simple at Sysco …
September 1, 2010—That's the cover of the new ethics policy at Sysco (SYY), the big food-service company. The company filed it with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday afternoon, several hours after filing its 10-K. In the 8-K ...