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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000079879-24-000032"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PPG"
cik: "0000079879"
company_name: "PPG INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2024-01-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T20:52:23.737436+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# PPG amends bylaws to add shareholder special meeting right, federal forum clause

## Summary
- Shareholders holding 25% voting power could call special meeting if approved at 2024 annual meeting.
- Virtual meeting adjournment notice may be filed with SEC if not given during meeting.
- List of registered shareholders now only provided to judges of election, not all attendees.
- Clarified Vice President signing authority and conformed to PA corporate law changes.
- Securities Act claims must be brought only in federal court.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000079879-24-000032
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PPG
- cik: 0000079879
- company_name: PPG INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2024-01-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/79879/000007987924000032/0000079879-24-000032-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/79879/000007987924000032/ppg-20240118.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000079879-24-000032
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000079879-24-000032.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000079879-24-000032.txt

## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  PPG INDUSTRIES INC: Amended bylaws to include special meeting shareholder right (conditional on shareholder vote), virtual meeting adjournment notice, shareholder list provision, vice president signing authority, federal forum for Securities Act claims, and conforming changes (effective 2024-01-18).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2024-01-18
  source text: On January 18, 2024, the Board of Directors of PPG Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) approved the amendments to the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Amended and Restated Bylaws”) described below, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/79879/000007987924000032/0000079879-24-000032-index.htm

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