secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     MSA Safety Inc (MSA)
CIK:        0000066570
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-08T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000066570-26-000014
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.15
Item codes: 5.07
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

MSA Safety shareholders elect three directors, ratify auditor, approve executive compensation at annual meeting
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- Elected William M. Lambert, Diane M. Pearse, Nishan J. Vartanian to three-year terms; votes for ranged from 28.9M to 31.2M.
- Ernst & Young ratified as independent auditor for 2026; 36.8M votes for, 321k against, 48k abstentions.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 31.9M for, 1.5M against, 39.6k abstentions, 3.7M broker non-votes.
- Continuing directors: Blanco, Phillips, Savi (terms to 2027); Bruggeworth, Jordan, Sperry (terms to 2028).

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66570/000006657026000014/0000066570-26-000014-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66570/000006657026000014/msa-20260508.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000066570-26-000014

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