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Issuer:     APPLIED INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES INC (AIT)
CIK:        0000109563
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-14T20:20:45+00:00
Accession:  0000109563-26-000035
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.30
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Applied Industrial elects Pamela Tomczik to board; Peter Wallace to retire
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- Pamela J. Tomczik, 52, elected to Applied Industrial board on Aug 11, 2026, term expiring Oct 2026.
- Tomczik is SVP, Treasurer & Business Development at Target Corp since Oct 2022; previously VP Corporate Development at Target.
- Peter C. Wallace to retire from board effective Oct 20, 2026 annual meeting, per retirement policy at age 72.
- Tomczik will receive standard non-employee director compensation and enter into indemnification agreement.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/109563/000010956326000035/0000109563-26-000035-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/109563/000010956326000035/ait-20260811.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000109563-26-000035

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