{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"159243","rtpr_id":"nGNXb0g6sX-20261002","ticker":"CNP","exchange":"NYSE","all_tickers":["CNP","HUBG"],"title":"Hub Group Announces Changes to Board of Directors","author":"Globe Newswire","published_at":"2026-10-02T11:15:00.094Z","article_body":"OAK BROOK, Ill., Oct. 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hub Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:\nHUBG) (“Hub Group” or the “Company”) today announced changes to its\nBoard of Directors (the “Board”) following an action by written consent of\nits controlling shareholders.\n\nOn October 1, 2026, shareholders representing a majority of the combined\nvoting power of the Company’s outstanding common stock, consisting of\nmembers of the Yeager family and related trusts, acted by written consent to:\n* Appoint Gregory D. Bunch, Thomas P. Fitzgerald, Thaddeus J. Malik and Thomas\nM. White to the Board;\n* Remove Michael Flannery, Peter McNitt and Gary Yablon from the Board without\ncause; and\n* Adopt the Company’s Second Amended and Restated Bylaws.\nThese actions took effect upon delivery of the written consent to the\nCompany’s Corporate Secretary, in accordance with Delaware law and the\nCompany’s bylaws. Each newly appointed director will serve until the\nCompany’s next annual meeting of shareholders or until his earlier death,\ntermination, resignation or removal. Following the delivery of the written\nconsent, Mary H. Boosalis, Jenell Ross and Martin P. Slark resigned from the\nBoard, effective October 1, 2026.\n\nThe Board now consists of seven (7) directors: David P. Yeager (Chairman),\nPhillip D. Yeager (Vice Chairman), Gregory D. Bunch, Thomas P. Fitzgerald,\nJames C. Kenny, Thaddeus J. Malik and Thomas M. White. The Board intends to\nappoint a new Lead Independent Director as soon as practicable and will also\nreconstitute its standing committees.\n\nThe Company intends to maintain a majority-independent Board and fully\nindependent Compensation and Nominating and Governance Committees, and will\ncontinue to meet Nasdaq and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission\n(“SEC”) audit committee independence requirements.\n\nThe Board changes do not affect the Company’s management team, strategy or\nday-to-day operations. David P. Yeager remains Chairman and Chief Executive\nOfficer, and Phillip D. Yeager remains President and Vice Chairman. The\nleadership changes announced on September 14, 2026 are also unaffected.\n\n“We believe that the newly appointed directors will bring valuable\nperspectives and relevant expertise to the Board’s oversight of the\nCompany’s management, business and ongoing initiatives,” said David P.\nYeager. “They intend to work constructively and collaboratively with the\ncontinuing directors to advance the best interests of Hub Group and all of its\nstakeholders. We will remain focused on our long-term strategy to drive\ngrowth, profitability and operating cash flows, as we work to deliver for our\nshareholders, customers and team members.”\n\nThe Company’s finance and accounting team continues to work expeditiously to\ncomplete the restatement process and file the Company’s delayed periodic\nreports. Hub Group continues to expect to complete this process in the fourth\nquarter of 2026. As previously announced, on September 16, 2026, the Company\nreceived a Staff Delisting Determination (the “Staff Determination”) from\nthe Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC\n(“Nasdaq”), which notified the Company that it had initiated a process to\ndelist the Company’s Class A common stock. The Staff Determination was\nissued because the Company has not filed its Annual Report on Form 10-K for\nthe year ended December 31, 2025 and its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for\nthe periods ended March 31, 2026 and June 30, 2026, and therefore is not in\ncompliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5250(c)(1). Receipt of the Staff\nDetermination did not immediately result in the suspension of trading or\ndelisting of the Company’s Class A common stock.\n\nThe Company has appealed the Staff Determination by requesting a hearing\nbefore the Nasdaq Hearings Panel. The Company requested, and has been granted,\na stay of the delisting action pending the outcome of the hearing currently\nscheduled for October 27, 2026.\n\nAdditional information is included in the Company’s Current Report on Form\n8-K filed with the SEC on October 2, 2026.\n\nBiographies of the Newly Appointed Directors\n\nGregory D. Bunch\nMr. Bunch, age 67, has served as an Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship at\nthe University of Chicago Booth School of Business for nearly twenty (20)\nyears, teaching entrepreneurship, growth strategy, competitive strategy,\ninnovation, marketing and mergers and acquisitions in both the MBA program and\nExecutive Education. He is also the owner of Gregory Bunch Consulting, a\nmanagement consulting firm. Mr. Bunch was the founder and Chief Executive\nOfficer of Masterplan International Corporation, a strategy consultancy, from\n1998 to 2018, and co-founded Oration Health, a healthcare\nsoftware-as-a-service business. He was also a partner in Brandtrust, a brand\nstrategy consultancy. Over the course of his career, he has advised hundreds\nof startups and dozens of publicly and privately held corporations, and has\nserved as an Independent Trustee of Elkhorn Investments from its founding\nuntil its sale to Innovator, as well as on advisory boards for companies in\nthe financial services, consulting, retail, franchising and marketing\nindustries. Mr. Bunch has lectured nationally and internationally on topics\nrelated to strategy, creating customers and innovation. He earned a\nbachelor’s degree in philosophy from Wheaton College and an MDiv from\nHarvard University.\n\nThomas P. Fitzgerald\nMr. Fitzgerald, age 72, was a partner at Winston Taylor LLP (formerly known as\nWinston & Strawn LLP), an international law firm. From 2006 to June 2024, Mr.\nFitzgerald served as Chairman and Managing Partner of the firm’s Executive\nCommittee. Under his leadership, the firm opened ten (10) offices on three\ncontinents and significantly expanded its practice and sector offerings,\nincluding in private equity, finance, funds, intellectual property, complex\ncommercial litigation and real estate. Over the course of his tenure, Mr.\nFitzgerald also advanced the firm’s client initiatives in the financial\nservices, technology, energy, and life sciences sectors. Mr. Fitzgerald holds\na B.A. from the University of Notre Dame and a J.D., with honors, from the\nNotre Dame Law School.\n\nThaddeus J. Malik\nMr. Malik, age 59, has served as President and Principal of S2T Solutions LLC,\na transactional advisory services company, since 2022. Previously, he was a\npartner at Paul Hastings LLP, an international law firm, from 2010 to 2022, a\npartner at Jenner & Block LLP from 2002 to 2010, and Vice President and\nGeneral Counsel of Lante Corporation, a formerly publicly traded technology\nconsulting company, from 2000 to 2002. Mr. Malik has more than thirty (30)\nyears of experience as a corporate and securities advisor to boards and\ncommittees of public companies and as a mergers and acquisitions attorney. He\nhas served as an independent director of CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CNP)\nsince September 2023, where he currently serves on the Corporate Governance\nand Nominating Committee and the Human Capital and Compensation Committee and\npreviously served on the Audit and Compliance Committee and the Safety and\nOperations Committee. He also served as an independent director of Health Care\nService Corporation, the parent of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois,\nTexas, Montana, Oklahoma and New Mexico, from 2019 to 2025. Mr. Malik holds a\nB.A. from Northwestern University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School, and has\nearned director certifications from the National Association of Corporate\nDirectors and Harvard Business School, as well as the CERT Certificate in\nCybersecurity Oversight from the Carnegie Mellon University Software\nEngineering Institute.\n\nThomas M. White\nMr. White, age 69, is a global business leader and experienced board member\nwith over forty five (45) years of experience in financial and operational\nmanagement. Mr. White previously served as the Company’s Chief Financial\nOfficer and Senior Vice President from 2002 to 2007. From 2007 to 2014, he\nserved as an Operating Partner of Apollo Global Management, Inc. (NYSE: APO),\na leading global alternative investment manager, where he assumed senior\nleadership positions in key portfolio companies, including as Interim Chief\nOperating Officer and Interim Chief Financial Officer of CEVA Logistics and\nInterim Chief Financial Officer of Constellium N.V. (NYSE: CSTM). Previously,\nMr. White served for twenty three (23) years at Arthur Andersen LLP, where he\nheld leadership positions including Global Managing Partner of Business\nProcess Outsourcing and Office Managing Partner. Mr. White served as Chairman\nof the Board of Directors of Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. (Nasdaq: STRL) from\n2019 to 2024, and has served as a member of the board of directors of JPW\nIndustries, a private industrial machinery company. Mr. White holds a B.B.A.\nin Accountancy from Western Michigan University and an M.S. in Business\nAdministration from Purdue University.\n\nCertain Forward-Looking Statements\nStatements in this press release that are not historical facts are\nforward-looking statements, provided pursuant to the safe harbor established\nunder the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including\nstatements regarding the outcome of the Company’s appeal to the Nasdaq\nHearings Panel, the Company’s plans to regain full compliance with\nNasdaq’s continued listing requirements, and any other statements regarding\nHub Group’s future expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, financial\nconditions, assumptions or future events or performance that are not\nhistorical facts.\n\nThese forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and\ninvolve risks, uncertainties and other factors that might cause the actual\nperformance of Hub Group to differ materially from those expressed or implied\nby such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but\nare not limited to: the Company’s ability to complete the\npreviously-announced restatement of its financial statements and regain\ncompliance with Nasdaq’s listing rules; unanticipated delays that cause the\nCompany’s delinquent periodic reports to be filed later than currently\nexpected; the risk that its plan to regain compliance with Nasdaq’s\ncontinued listing requirements will not be accepted by the Nasdaq Hearings\nPanel or, if accepted, will not allow for sufficient time for the Company to\nregain compliance; the impact that the restatement process and further delays\nin the financial close process or the related audit may have on Hub Group’s\nbusiness, financial condition and results of operations; and other risks\ndiscussed under the “Risk Factors” section in Hub Group’s most recently\nfiled periodic reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q and subsequent filings.\n\nThese forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof and Hub\nGroup assumes no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements.\n\nAbout Hub Group\nHub Group offers comprehensive transportation and logistics management\nsolutions. Keeping our customers’ needs in focus, Hub Group designs,\ncontinually optimizes, and applies industry-leading technology to our\ncustomers’ supply chains for better service, greater efficiency, and total\nvisibility. As an award-winning, publicly traded company (Nasdaq: HUBG), our\napproximately 6,000 employees and drivers across the globe are always in\npursuit of “The Way Ahead” – a commitment to service, integrity and\ninnovation. For more information, visit hubgroup.com.\n\nCONTACT:\n\nGarrett Holland, InvestorRelations@hubgroup.com\n\nOR\n\nLongacre Square Partners\nHUBG@longacresquare.com\n\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/983c3f27-320f-4c05-af5e-d5c57b8df0b3)\n\n\n\nGlobeNewswire, Inc. 2026","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nGNXb0g6sX-20261002","title":"Hub Group Announces Changes to Board of Directors","author":"Globe Newswire","ticker":"CNP","created":"2026-10-02T11:15:00.094Z","tickers":["CNP","HUBG"],"exchange":"NYSE","article_body":"OAK BROOK, Ill., Oct. 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hub Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:\nHUBG) (“Hub Group” or the “Company”) today announced changes to its\nBoard of Directors (the “Board”) following an action by written consent of\nits controlling shareholders.\n\nOn October 1, 2026, shareholders representing a majority of the combined\nvoting power of the Company’s outstanding common stock, consisting of\nmembers of the Yeager family and related trusts, acted by written consent to:\n* Appoint Gregory D. Bunch, Thomas P. Fitzgerald, Thaddeus J. Malik and Thomas\nM. White to the Board;\n* Remove Michael Flannery, Peter McNitt and Gary Yablon from the Board without\ncause; and\n* Adopt the Company’s Second Amended and Restated Bylaws.\nThese actions took effect upon delivery of the written consent to the\nCompany’s Corporate Secretary, in accordance with Delaware law and the\nCompany’s bylaws. Each newly appointed director will serve until the\nCompany’s next annual meeting of shareholders or until his earlier death,\ntermination, resignation or removal. Following the delivery of the written\nconsent, Mary H. Boosalis, Jenell Ross and Martin P. Slark resigned from the\nBoard, effective October 1, 2026.\n\nThe Board now consists of seven (7) directors: David P. Yeager (Chairman),\nPhillip D. Yeager (Vice Chairman), Gregory D. Bunch, Thomas P. Fitzgerald,\nJames C. Kenny, Thaddeus J. Malik and Thomas M. White. The Board intends to\nappoint a new Lead Independent Director as soon as practicable and will also\nreconstitute its standing committees.\n\nThe Company intends to maintain a majority-independent Board and fully\nindependent Compensation and Nominating and Governance Committees, and will\ncontinue to meet Nasdaq and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission\n(“SEC”) audit committee independence requirements.\n\nThe Board changes do not affect the Company’s management team, strategy or\nday-to-day operations. David P. Yeager remains Chairman and Chief Executive\nOfficer, and Phillip D. Yeager remains President and Vice Chairman. The\nleadership changes announced on September 14, 2026 are also unaffected.\n\n“We believe that the newly appointed directors will bring valuable\nperspectives and relevant expertise to the Board’s oversight of the\nCompany’s management, business and ongoing initiatives,” said David P.\nYeager. “They intend to work constructively and collaboratively with the\ncontinuing directors to advance the best interests of Hub Group and all of its\nstakeholders. We will remain focused on our long-term strategy to drive\ngrowth, profitability and operating cash flows, as we work to deliver for our\nshareholders, customers and team members.”\n\nThe Company’s finance and accounting team continues to work expeditiously to\ncomplete the restatement process and file the Company’s delayed periodic\nreports. Hub Group continues to expect to complete this process in the fourth\nquarter of 2026. As previously announced, on September 16, 2026, the Company\nreceived a Staff Delisting Determination (the “Staff Determination”) from\nthe Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC\n(“Nasdaq”), which notified the Company that it had initiated a process to\ndelist the Company’s Class A common stock. The Staff Determination was\nissued because the Company has not filed its Annual Report on Form 10-K for\nthe year ended December 31, 2025 and its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for\nthe periods ended March 31, 2026 and June 30, 2026, and therefore is not in\ncompliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5250(c)(1). Receipt of the Staff\nDetermination did not immediately result in the suspension of trading or\ndelisting of the Company’s Class A common stock.\n\nThe Company has appealed the Staff Determination by requesting a hearing\nbefore the Nasdaq Hearings Panel. The Company requested, and has been granted,\na stay of the delisting action pending the outcome of the hearing currently\nscheduled for October 27, 2026.\n\nAdditional information is included in the Company’s Current Report on Form\n8-K filed with the SEC on October 2, 2026.\n\nBiographies of the Newly Appointed Directors\n\nGregory D. Bunch\nMr. Bunch, age 67, has served as an Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship at\nthe University of Chicago Booth School of Business for nearly twenty (20)\nyears, teaching entrepreneurship, growth strategy, competitive strategy,\ninnovation, marketing and mergers and acquisitions in both the MBA program and\nExecutive Education. He is also the owner of Gregory Bunch Consulting, a\nmanagement consulting firm. Mr. Bunch was the founder and Chief Executive\nOfficer of Masterplan International Corporation, a strategy consultancy, from\n1998 to 2018, and co-founded Oration Health, a healthcare\nsoftware-as-a-service business. He was also a partner in Brandtrust, a brand\nstrategy consultancy. Over the course of his career, he has advised hundreds\nof startups and dozens of publicly and privately held corporations, and has\nserved as an Independent Trustee of Elkhorn Investments from its founding\nuntil its sale to Innovator, as well as on advisory boards for companies in\nthe financial services, consulting, retail, franchising and marketing\nindustries. Mr. Bunch has lectured nationally and internationally on topics\nrelated to strategy, creating customers and innovation. He earned a\nbachelor’s degree in philosophy from Wheaton College and an MDiv from\nHarvard University.\n\nThomas P. Fitzgerald\nMr. Fitzgerald, age 72, was a partner at Winston Taylor LLP (formerly known as\nWinston & Strawn LLP), an international law firm. From 2006 to June 2024, Mr.\nFitzgerald served as Chairman and Managing Partner of the firm’s Executive\nCommittee. Under his leadership, the firm opened ten (10) offices on three\ncontinents and significantly expanded its practice and sector offerings,\nincluding in private equity, finance, funds, intellectual property, complex\ncommercial litigation and real estate. Over the course of his tenure, Mr.\nFitzgerald also advanced the firm’s client initiatives in the financial\nservices, technology, energy, and life sciences sectors. Mr. Fitzgerald holds\na B.A. from the University of Notre Dame and a J.D., with honors, from the\nNotre Dame Law School.\n\nThaddeus J. Malik\nMr. Malik, age 59, has served as President and Principal of S2T Solutions LLC,\na transactional advisory services company, since 2022. Previously, he was a\npartner at Paul Hastings LLP, an international law firm, from 2010 to 2022, a\npartner at Jenner & Block LLP from 2002 to 2010, and Vice President and\nGeneral Counsel of Lante Corporation, a formerly publicly traded technology\nconsulting company, from 2000 to 2002. Mr. Malik has more than thirty (30)\nyears of experience as a corporate and securities advisor to boards and\ncommittees of public companies and as a mergers and acquisitions attorney. He\nhas served as an independent director of CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CNP)\nsince September 2023, where he currently serves on the Corporate Governance\nand Nominating Committee and the Human Capital and Compensation Committee and\npreviously served on the Audit and Compliance Committee and the Safety and\nOperations Committee. He also served as an independent director of Health Care\nService Corporation, the parent of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois,\nTexas, Montana, Oklahoma and New Mexico, from 2019 to 2025. Mr. Malik holds a\nB.A. from Northwestern University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School, and has\nearned director certifications from the National Association of Corporate\nDirectors and Harvard Business School, as well as the CERT Certificate in\nCybersecurity Oversight from the Carnegie Mellon University Software\nEngineering Institute.\n\nThomas M. White\nMr. White, age 69, is a global business leader and experienced board member\nwith over forty five (45) years of experience in financial and operational\nmanagement. Mr. White previously served as the Company’s Chief Financial\nOfficer and Senior Vice President from 2002 to 2007. From 2007 to 2014, he\nserved as an Operating Partner of Apollo Global Management, Inc. (NYSE: APO),\na leading global alternative investment manager, where he assumed senior\nleadership positions in key portfolio companies, including as Interim Chief\nOperating Officer and Interim Chief Financial Officer of CEVA Logistics and\nInterim Chief Financial Officer of Constellium N.V. (NYSE: CSTM). Previously,\nMr. White served for twenty three (23) years at Arthur Andersen LLP, where he\nheld leadership positions including Global Managing Partner of Business\nProcess Outsourcing and Office Managing Partner. Mr. White served as Chairman\nof the Board of Directors of Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. (Nasdaq: STRL) from\n2019 to 2024, and has served as a member of the board of directors of JPW\nIndustries, a private industrial machinery company. Mr. White holds a B.B.A.\nin Accountancy from Western Michigan University and an M.S. in Business\nAdministration from Purdue University.\n\nCertain Forward-Looking Statements\nStatements in this press release that are not historical facts are\nforward-looking statements, provided pursuant to the safe harbor established\nunder the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including\nstatements regarding the outcome of the Company’s appeal to the Nasdaq\nHearings Panel, the Company’s plans to regain full compliance with\nNasdaq’s continued listing requirements, and any other statements regarding\nHub Group’s future expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, financial\nconditions, assumptions or future events or performance that are not\nhistorical facts.\n\nThese forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and\ninvolve risks, uncertainties and other factors that might cause the actual\nperformance of Hub Group to differ materially from those expressed or implied\nby such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but\nare not limited to: the Company’s ability to complete the\npreviously-announced restatement of its financial statements and regain\ncompliance with Nasdaq’s listing rules; unanticipated delays that cause the\nCompany’s delinquent periodic reports to be filed later than currently\nexpected; the risk that its plan to regain compliance with Nasdaq’s\ncontinued listing requirements will not be accepted by the Nasdaq Hearings\nPanel or, if accepted, will not allow for sufficient time for the Company to\nregain compliance; the impact that the restatement process and further delays\nin the financial close process or the related audit may have on Hub Group’s\nbusiness, financial condition and results of operations; and other risks\ndiscussed under the “Risk Factors” section in Hub Group’s most recently\nfiled periodic reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q and subsequent filings.\n\nThese forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof and Hub\nGroup assumes no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements.\n\nAbout Hub Group\nHub Group offers comprehensive transportation and logistics management\nsolutions. Keeping our customers’ needs in focus, Hub Group designs,\ncontinually optimizes, and applies industry-leading technology to our\ncustomers’ supply chains for better service, greater efficiency, and total\nvisibility. As an award-winning, publicly traded company (Nasdaq: HUBG), our\napproximately 6,000 employees and drivers across the globe are always in\npursuit of “The Way Ahead” – a commitment to service, integrity and\ninnovation. For more information, visit hubgroup.com.\n\nCONTACT:\n\nGarrett Holland, InvestorRelations@hubgroup.com\n\nOR\n\nLongacre Square Partners\nHUBG@longacresquare.com\n\n(https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/983c3f27-320f-4c05-af5e-d5c57b8df0b3)\n\n\n\nGlobeNewswire, Inc. 2026"},"type":"article","timestamp":"2026-10-02T11:15:00.14970457Z","server_sent_at_ms":1790939700149},"received_at":"2026-10-02T11:15:00.203Z","source_url":null},"analysis":{"id":"147853","press_release_id":"159243","analysis_json":{"industry":{"label":"Multi-Utilities","sector":"Utilities"},"redFlags":["controlling shareholders removed three directors without cause by written consent — governance conflict signal","ongoing financial statement restatement with three delinquent periodic reports (FY2025 10-K, Q1 and Q2 2026 10-Qs)","Nasdaq Staff Delisting Determination received September 16, 2026; hearing set for October 27, 2026 with compliance plan risk","board reconstituted amid restatement; new Lead Independent Director not yet appointed and committees pending reconstitution","input ticker CNP (CenterPoint Energy) does not match the subject issuer Hub Group (HUBG) — verify ticker mapping before posting"],"eventType":"board_change","narrative":"Hub Group announced that controlling Yeager family shareholders acted by written consent on October 1, 2026 to appoint four new directors — Gregory Bunch, Thomas Fitzgerald, Thaddeus Malik and Thomas White — and remove three directors without cause; Mary Boosalis, Jenell Ross and Martin Slark also resigned, leaving a seven-member board.\n\nThe release reiterates that the company is restating financials with delayed 10-K and 10-Q filings expected to be completed in Q4 2026, and that Nasdaq initiated delisting proceedings on September 16, 2026 under Listing Rule 5250(c)(1).\n\nA Nasdaq Hearings Panel hearing is scheduled for October 27, 2026, with a stay of the delisting action granted pending the outcome; management, strategy and the September 14 leadership changes are stated as unaffected.","sentiment":"mixed","agentHooks":{"shouldPost":true,"suggestedAngle":"Yeager family consolidates Hub Group board control just weeks before a decisive Nasdaq delisting hearing amid an unresolved restatement."},"keyFigures":{"customDimensions":{"directors_removed":3,"delinquent_filings":["10-K FY2025","10-Q Q1 2026","10-Q Q2 2026"],"directors_resigned":3,"directors_appointed":4,"nasdaq_hearing_date":"October 27, 2026","board_size_after_change":7,"restatement_expected_completion":"Q4 2026"}},"quotedText":"The Board now consists of seven (7) directors: David P. 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