Seaboard Corporation filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update, Regulation FD Disclosure, Financial Statements and Exhibits
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
On March 25, 2024, Peter B. Brown, President and Chief Executive Officer of Seaboard Foods LLC (“Seaboard Foods”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Seaboard Corporation (the “Company”), gave notice of his intention to retire from Seaboard Foods effective June 28, 2024.
Chad Groves has been appointed to succeed Mr. Brown as President and Chief Executive Officer of Seaboard Foods effective upon Mr. Brown's retirement. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Groves served as Senior Vice President of Global Sales, Marketing, & Innovation of Seaboard Foods.
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure
On March 25, 2024, the Company issued a press release announcing the management changes disclosed above under Item 5.02. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
The information furnished in this Item 7.01 — “Regulation FD Disclosure” of this Current Report on Form 8-K and the press release attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of such section, and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the filings of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
Date: March 25, 2024 | ||||||||
Seaboard Corporation | ||||||||
(Registrant) | ||||||||
By: | /s/ David H. Rankin | |||||||
David H. Rankin Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||
(principal financial officer) | ||||||||
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