---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000080420-26-000028"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "POWL"
cik: "0000080420"
company_name: "POWELL INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2026-02-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T02:14:56.270129+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Powell Industries stockholders re-elect two directors, approve say-on-pay; appoints new audit chair

## Summary
- Alaina K. Brooks and Katheryn B. Curtis re-elected as directors with terms to expire in FY2029.
- Say-on-pay advisory vote approved: 9,051,989 for, 121,383 against, 25,855 abstentions.
- Mark W. Smith appointed chair of Audit Committee effective after Christopher E. Cragg's term.
- Annual meeting held February 18, 2026; no other material items voted on.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000080420-26-000028
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: POWL
- cik: 0000080420
- company_name: POWELL INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2026-02-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80420/000008042026000028/0000080420-26-000028-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/80420/000008042026000028/powl-20260218.htm

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