---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000066570-26-000022"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MSA"
cik: "0000066570"
company_name: "MSA Safety Inc"
filed_at: "2026-07-21T20:34:13+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-21T20:35:08.142683+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Octavio Marquez elected to MSA Safety Board of Directors

## Summary
- Octavio Marquez, president and CEO of Diebold Nixdorf, elected to MSA Board effective July 20, 2026.
- Election is part of the Board's regular succession plans; no committee assignments yet.
- Marquez brings executive leadership in strategy, capital allocation, and business transformation.
- He will receive standard non-employee director compensation as described in the 2026 Proxy Statement.
- MSA Chairman Robert Bruggeworth and CEO Steven Blanco welcomed Marquez's perspectives.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000066570-26-000022
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MSA
- cik: 0000066570
- company_name: MSA Safety Inc
- filed_at: 2026-07-21T20:34:13+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66570/000006657026000022/0000066570-26-000022-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66570/000006657026000022/msa-20260721.htm

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