---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000080420-24-000014"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "POWL"
cik: "0000080420"
company_name: "POWELL INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2024-02-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T01:41:53.657292+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director John D. White resigns per age policy; Mohit Singh elected to board

## Summary
- John D. White resigned from the board effective Feb. 14, 2024, under the age-75 policy.
- Mohit Singh was elected and James W. McGill re-elected as directors, terms expiring 2027.
- Say-on-pay advisory proposal approved with 9,969,638 votes for, 87,381 against.
- Continuing directors: Brett Cope, Alaina Brooks, Christopher Cragg, Katheryn Curtis, John Stacey, Richard Williams.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000080420-24-000014
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: POWL
- cik: 0000080420
- company_name: POWELL INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2024-02-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80420/000008042024000014/0000080420-24-000014-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80420/000008042024000014/powl-20240213.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000080420-24-000014.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  John D. White resigned as Director at POWELL INDUSTRIES INC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: John D. White tendered his resignation from the Board, effective at the Company’s 2024 annual meeting of stockholders (the end of his then current term), which was held on February 14, 2024
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80420/000008042024000014/0000080420-24-000014-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  POWELL INDUSTRIES INC shareholders approved Say-on-pay advisory vote at the 2024-02-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-02-14
  source text: Votes Cast For Votes Cast Against Votes Withheld/Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 9,969,638 87,381 13,092 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80420/000008042024000014/0000080420-24-000014-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  POWELL INDUSTRIES INC shareholders approved Election of directors at the 2024-02-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-02-14
  source text: Nominee Votes Cast For Votes Cast Against Votes Withheld/Abstentions Broker Non-Votes James W. McGill 9,840,163 — 229,948 — Mohit Singh 10,046,799 — 23,312 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80420/000008042024000014/0000080420-24-000014-index.htm

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