secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     FASTENAL CO (FAST)
CIK:        0000815556
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-04-25T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000815556-25-000087
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.45
Item codes: 5.02, 5.03, 5.07, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Fastenal approves 2-for-1 forward stock split; annual meeting elects all directors
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- 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.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/815556/000081555625000087/0000815556-25-000087-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/815556/000081555625000087/fast-20250424.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000815556-25-000087

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