secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     GRACO INC (GGG)
CIK:        0000042888
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-12-05T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000042888-23-000054
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.45
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Graco announces David J. Thompson as President, Contractor Equipment Div; Dale Johnson to retire in Q1 2025
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- David J. Thompson succeeds Dale D. Johnson as President, Worldwide Contractor Equipment Division, effective January 1, 2024.
- Dale Johnson becomes Chief Commercial Development Officer on January 1, 2024, to support leadership transition.
- Johnson plans to retire from Graco in the first quarter of 2025 after nearly 50 years at the company.
- Thompson previously served as VP of Engineering, Contractor Equipment Division since 2021, joined Graco in 1988.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/42888/000004288823000054/0000042888-23-000054-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/42888/000004288823000054/ggg-20231201.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000042888-23-000054

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