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accession: "0000815556-25-000087"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FAST"
cik: "0000815556"
company_name: "FASTENAL CO"
filed_at: "2025-04-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T06:25:33.229831+00:00"
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source: SEC EDGAR
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# Fastenal approves 2-for-1 forward stock split; annual meeting elects all directors

## Summary
- 2-for-1 forward split effective May 21, 2025 after close; trading begins May 22 on Nasdaq.
- Record date for split is May 5, 2025; authorized shares increase to 1.6 billion.
- Compensation committee increased equity plan shares proportionally to the split.
- Annual meeting results: all 11 director nominees elected; say-on-pay approved; PwC ratified as auditor.
- Vote totals: Scott Satterlee received 454M for; say-on-pay: 438M for, 28.5M against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000815556-25-000087
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FAST
- cik: 0000815556
- company_name: FASTENAL CO
- filed_at: 2025-04-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/815556/000081555625000087/0000815556-25-000087-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/815556/000081555625000087/fast-20250424.htm

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