---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000091142-24-000136"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AOS"
cik: "0000091142"
company_name: "SMITH A O CORP"
filed_at: "2024-05-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T08:11:47.746089+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# A. O. Smith SVP HR & Public Affairs Mark Petrarca to retire Aug 1, 2024

## Summary
- Mark Petrarca, SVP Human Resources & Public Affairs, will retire effective August 1, 2024.
- Petrarca has 25 years of service with A. O. Smith Corporation.
- No replacement named; succession plan not disclosed in this filing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000091142-24-000136
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AOS
- cik: 0000091142
- company_name: SMITH A O CORP
- filed_at: 2024-05-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91142/000009114224000136/0000091142-24-000136-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91142/000009114224000136/aos-20240509.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000091142-24-000136
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000091142-24-000136.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000091142-24-000136.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Mark Petrarca departed as Senior Vice President - Human Resources and Public Affairs at SMITH A O CORP.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Senior Vice President - Human Resources and Public Affairs
  source text: On May 9, 2024, A. O. Smith Corporation (the “Company”) announced that Mark Petrarca, Senior Vice President - Human Resources and Public Affairs, will retire effective August 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91142/000009114224000136/0000091142-24-000136-index.htm

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