---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000090168-24-000038"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SIF"
cik: "0000090168"
company_name: "SIFCO INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2024-09-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T01:22:31.866069+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SIFCO appoints Robert Johnson to board, filling vacancy from Knapper resignation

## Summary
- Robert D. Johnson appointed to SIFCO board effective Sept 26, 2024, filling vacancy from Peter Knapper's July 8, 2024 resignation.
- Johnson, 76, has aerospace industry experience; currently chairman of Spirit AeroSystems and board member at Spirit Airlines and Roper Industries.
- He served as advisor to SIFCO board and CEO since Nov 2022; term expires at 2025 annual meeting.
- Johnson receives standard non-employee director compensation on a prorated basis for the current fiscal year.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000090168-24-000038
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SIF
- cik: 0000090168
- company_name: SIFCO INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2024-09-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/90168/000009016824000038/0000090168-24-000038-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/90168/000009016824000038/sif-20240926.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000090168-24-000038
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000090168-24-000038.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000090168-24-000038.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Peter Knapper resigned as Director at SIFCO INDUSTRIES INC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: Mr. Johnson was appointed to fill the vacancy resulting from the July 8, 2024 resignation and retirement of Peter Knapper.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/90168/000009016824000038/0000090168-24-000038-index.htm
- Executive change
  Robert D. Johnson was appointed as Director at SIFCO INDUSTRIES INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On September 26, 2024, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of SIFCO Industries, Inc., an Ohio corporation (the "Company"), appointed Robert (Bob) D. Johnson as a member of the Board, effective September 26, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/90168/000009016824000038/0000090168-24-000038-index.htm

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