secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     SMITH A O CORP (AOS)
CIK:        0000091142
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-04-14T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000091142-25-000069
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.15
Item codes: 5.07
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

A. O. Smith annual meeting: director Larsen receives majority withheld votes; other items pass
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- Director Michael M. Larsen: 39.3M for vs 60.0M withheld, a majority against his election.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation passed with 94% of votes cast in favor.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as auditor for FY2025 passed with 97% approval.
- Stockholder proposal on hiring formerly incarcerated people defeated; only 4% voted for.
- All other directors elected with large majorities; Class A directors unopposed.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91142/000009114225000069/0000091142-25-000069-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91142/000009114225000069/aos-20250408.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000091142-25-000069

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