secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     SMITH A O CORP (AOS)
CIK:        0000091142
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-04-17T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000091142-23-000056
Event type: other
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.15
Item codes: 5.07
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

A. O. Smith shareholders elect directors, approve compensation, set say-on-pay annually
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- All 12 directors elected; Class A directors near-unanimous. Common directors Brown (69.9M withheld) and Wolf (19.9M withheld) saw significant opposed votes.
- Advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation passed: 33.9M For, 1.9M Against.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as independent auditor ratified: 35.5M For, 1.1M Against.
- Say-on-frequency set to every year (35.6M votes). Shareholder proposal on workplace inclusion rejected (3.2M For, 32.6M Against).

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91142/000009114223000056/0000091142-23-000056-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91142/000009114223000056/aos-20230411.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000091142-23-000056

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