---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000006955-26-000050"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EPAC"
cik: "0000006955"
company_name: "ENERPAC TOOL GROUP CORP"
filed_at: "2026-10-09T12:40:32+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T15:16:41.062024+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Enerpac Tool Group expands board to nine, elects Charles T. Lauber as independent director

## Summary
- Board expanded from eight to nine directors; Charles T. Lauber elected effective October 8, 2026, and deemed independent under NYSE and SEC rules.
- Lauber appointed to the Audit Committee and the Talent Development and Compensation Committee; he receives standard non-employee director pay.
- Lauber was EVP and CFO of A. O. Smith from 2019 to 2026, capping a 27-year career there, after 15 years at Ernst & Young LLP.
- He also serves on the board of H.B. Fuller Company (NYSE: FUL), on its Audit and Personnel & Compensation Committees.
- Enerpac will enter an indemnification agreement with Lauber in the form filed as Exhibit 10.1 to its Form 10-K for FY ended August 31, 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000006955-26-000050
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EPAC
- cik: 0000006955
- company_name: ENERPAC TOOL GROUP CORP
- filed_at: 2026-10-09T12:40:32+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/6955/000000695526000050/0000006955-26-000050-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/6955/000000695526000050/epac-20261008.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000006955-26-000050.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Charles T. Lauber was elected as Director at ENERPAC TOOL GROUP CORP.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On October 8, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Enerpac Tool Group Corp. (the “Company”) adopted resolutions expanding the size of the Board from eight to nine and elected Charles T. Lauber as a director to fill the vacancy created by the expansion in the size of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/6955/000000695526000050/0000006955-26-000050-index.htm

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