--- schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1" accession: "0000098362-26-000035" form_type: "8-K" ticker: "TKR" cik: "0000098362" company_name: "TIMKEN CO" filed_at: "2026-05-08T23:59:59+00:00" generated_at: "2026-05-14T21:19:00.963292+00:00" event_type: "other_material" sentiment: "neutral" materiality_score: 0.3 calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3 confidence: "high" source: SEC EDGAR --- # Timken enters retention agreement with EVP Hansal Patel through June 2028 ## Summary - Hansal N. Patel, EVP General Counsel & Corporate Development, receives special vesting on equity and STIP to retain him until June 30, 2028. - Performance and time-based RSUs will vest prorated upon a qualifying termination after the retention date with 90-day notice. - Unpaid STIP awards for prior and current year remain eligible if Patel stays through retention and has a qualifying termination. - Non-compliance with restrictive covenants forfeits the special vesting benefits outlined in the letter agreement. - At 2026 annual meeting, all 12 director nominees elected; say-on-pay and auditor ratified; shareholder special-meeting proposal rejected. ## SEC filing metadata - accession: 0000098362-26-000035 - form_type: 8-K - ticker: TKR - cik: 0000098362 - company_name: TIMKEN CO - filed_at: 2026-05-08T23:59:59+00:00 - event_type: other_material - sentiment: neutral - materiality_score: 0.3 - calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3 - confidence: high - sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01 - EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/98362/000009836226000035/0000098362-26-000035-index.htm - EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/98362/000009836226000035/tkr-20260508.htm ## Machine-readable alternates - HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000098362-26-000035 - JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000098362-26-000035.json - Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000098362-26-000035.txt ## Source-grounded claims - claim_id: 5315c1aa644417d9327626de89d7a344768c9fb8 claim: TIMKEN CO shareholders approved Ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as independent auditor at the 2026-05-08 meeting. evidence_excerpt: (3) ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as its independent auditor for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026; and FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN BROKER NON-VOTES 61,717,389 1,977,231 35,539 0 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/98362/000009836226000035/0000098362-26-000035-index.htm - claim_id: 7a62898e874c107075d80bf1720892b64649e218 claim: TIMKEN CO shareholders approved Advisory approval of named executive officer compensation at the 2026-05-08 meeting. evidence_excerpt: (2) approved, on an advisory basis, the resolution set forth below regarding named executive officer compensation; RESOLVED, that the compensation of the named executive officers as disclosed pursuant to the compensation disclosure rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, the compensation tables and any related material disclosed in the 2026 Proxy Statement, is hereby APPROVED. FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN BROKER NON-VOTES 44,837,026 15,272,988 437,466 3,182,679 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/98362/000009836226000035/0000098362-26-000035-index.htm - claim_id: 8193f028cbff174e4270339f6a45c19ada79c8b8 claim: TIMKEN CO shareholders rejected Shareholder proposal to amend governing documents to allow 10% shareholders to call special meeting at the 2026-05-08 meeting. evidence_excerpt: (4) did not approve a shareholder proposal requesting that the Board of Directors take the steps necessary to amend the appropriate Company governing documents to give the owners of a combined 10% of our outstanding common stock the power to call a special shareholder meeting or the owners of the lowest percentage of shareholders, as governed by state law, the power to call a special shareholder meeting. FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN BROKER NON-VOTES 24,930,334 35,358,915 258,231 3,182,679 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/98362/000009836226000035/0000098362-26-000035-index.htm - claim_id: c64dfb7fdcbc4499d29909a79c3b899889f8e8b8 claim: TIMKEN CO shareholders approved Election of twelve directors at the 2026-05-08 meeting. evidence_excerpt: (1) elected the twelve Directors set forth below to serve for a term of one year expiring at the annual meeting in 2027 (or until their respective successors are elected and qualified); NOMINEES FOR WITHHOLD BROKER NON-VOTES Lucian Boldea 59,598,638 948,854 3,182,667 Maria A. Crowe 58,028,580 2,518,912 3,182,667 Elizabeth A. Harrell 58,197,705 2,349,787 3,182,667 Richard G. Kyle 59,605,368 942,124 3,182,667 Sarah C. Lauber 59,271,708 1,275,784 3,182,667 Todd M. Leombruno 58,659,558 1,887,934 3,182,667 Christopher L. Mapes 55,431,064 5,116,428 3,182,667 Ajita G. Rajendra 53,788,853 6,758,639 3,182,667 Kimberly K. Ryan 59,475,084 1,072,408 3,182,667 Frank C. Sullivan 57,747,501 2,799,991 3,182,667 John M. Timken, Jr. 58,945,757 1,601,735 3,182,667 Ward J. Timken, Jr. 59,599,013 948,479 3,182,667 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/98362/000009836226000035/0000098362-26-000035-index.htm This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.