---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000042888-24-000024"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GGG"
cik: "0000042888"
company_name: "GRACO INC"
filed_at: "2024-07-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T20:35:42.348467+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Graco division president Christian Rothe resigns effective Aug 1, 2024

## Summary
- Christian E. Rothe, President Worldwide Industrial Division, resigns from Graco effective August 1, 2024.
- No successor named; search for replacement expected to begin.
- Rothe's departure follows his announcement on July 15, 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000042888-24-000024
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GGG
- cik: 0000042888
- company_name: GRACO INC
- filed_at: 2024-07-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/42888/000004288824000024/0000042888-24-000024-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/42888/000004288824000024/ggg-20240715.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000042888-24-000024
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000042888-24-000024.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000042888-24-000024.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Christian E. Rothe departed as President, Worldwide Industrial Division at GRACO INC.
  - Action: resign
  - Role: President, Worldwide Industrial Division
  source text: On July 15, 2024, Christian E. Rothe announced his intention to resign from his employment and his position as President, Worldwide Industrial Division of Graco Inc., effective August 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/42888/000004288824000024/0000042888-24-000024-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.