secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     GRACO INC (GGG)
CIK:        0000042888
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-04-27T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000042888-26-000101
Event type: other
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.15
Item codes: 5.07
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Graco 2026 Annual Meeting: director elected despite 21% opposition; Say-on-Pay passes with 68% support
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- Martha Morfitt elected with 106.9M for (78.8%) vs 28.8M against; other three directors each received >95% approval.
- Ratification of Deloitte as auditor for fiscal 2026 approved by 94.2% of votes cast (136.9M for, 8.5M against).
- Advisory Say-on-Pay passed with 68.4% support (92.7M for, 42.8M against); committee will engage with shareholders on compensation concerns.
- Broker non-votes were 9.6M on director elections and the compensation vote, reflecting routine procedural abstentions.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/42888/000004288826000101/0000042888-26-000101-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/42888/000004288826000101/ggg-20260424.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000042888-26-000101

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