secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     SMITH A O CORP (AOS)
CIK:        0000091142
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-04-17T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000091142-26-000078
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 5.07, 8.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

A.O. Smith board rejects resignation of director Ilham Kadri after majority withheld vote
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- Dr. Ilham Kadri received more ‘withheld’ (50,510,430) than ‘for’ (46,774,289) votes for election.
- Under the Director Resignation Policy, Kadri tendered resignation; Nominating & Governance Committee reviewed on April 14.
- Board unanimously rejected resignation on April 14, citing Kadri's skills, contributions, and belief withheld votes reflected dual-class capital structure concerns.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91142/000009114226000078/0000091142-26-000078-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91142/000009114226000078/aos-20260413.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000091142-26-000078

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