secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     FASTENAL CO (FAST)
CIK:        0000815556
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-08-16T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000815556-21-000034
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.25
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Fastenal elects Sarah N. Nielsen as independent director effective Aug 16, 2021
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- Nielsen elected to board effective Aug 16, 2021; board size increases from 9 to 10.
- Appointed to Audit Committee effective same date.
- Currently CFO of First Citizens Bank; previously VP & CFO of Winnebago Industries (2005-2017).
- Received pro rata director retainer under existing compensation policy; no related-party transactions disclosed.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/815556/000081555621000034/0000815556-21-000034-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/815556/000081555621000034/fast-20210813.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000815556-21-000034

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