{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0000815556-25-000051","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"FAST","cik":"0000815556","company_name":"FASTENAL CO","filed_at":"2025-01-17T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:03:06.421316+00:00","generated_at":"2026-05-27T23:36:32.091374+00:00","sec_items":["5.02"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.3,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.3,"confidence":"high","headline":"Fastenal director Lundquist not standing for re-election; Ericson appointed to board","bullets":["Nicholas J. Lundquist informed Fastenal he will not stand for re-election effective Jan 16, 2025, due to five-year term limit for former employees.","Lundquist had served on the board since October 2019; departure is not because of any disagreement with the company.","Board elected Brady D. Ericson as independent director effective Jan 16, 2025; Ericson is President/CEO of PHINIA Inc.","Ericson appointed to Audit Committee; will receive pro rata director compensation for partial year of service."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000815556-25-000051","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000815556-25-000051.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000815556-25-000051.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000815556-25-000051.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/815556/000081555625000051/0000815556-25-000051-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/815556/000081555625000051/fast-20250116.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-05-27T23:36:32.091374+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"43fba10672","claim":"Brady D. Ericson was elected as Director at FASTENAL CO.","evidence_excerpt":"Also on January 16, 2025, the Board elected as a director of the Company, Mr. Brady D. Ericson, effective as of the same date, keeping the number of directors on the Board at eleven.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/815556/000081555625000051/0000815556-25-000051-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"elected"},{"label":"Role","value":"Director"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"},{"claim_id":"ad8ed757b4","claim":"Nicholas J. Lundquist departed as Director at FASTENAL CO.","evidence_excerpt":"On January 16, 2025, Nicholas J. Lundquist, a director of the Board of Directors (the \"Board\") of Fastenal Company (the \"Company\" or \"Fastenal\"), informed the Company that he will not stand for re-election as a director of the Company and tendered his notification of ineligibility, effective as of January 16, 2025.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/815556/000081555625000051/0000815556-25-000051-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"will not stand for re-election"},{"label":"Role","value":"Director"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}