secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     FASTENAL CO (FAST)
CIK:        0000815556
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-04-24T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000815556-26-000025
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.15
Item codes: 5.07, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Fastenal shareholders elect all 11 directors, approve equity plans, reject EEO-1 proposal
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- All 11 director nominees elected with over 881M votes each; broker non-votes ~119.4M.
- Employee Restricted Stock Unit Plan approved (10M share reserve) with 904.6M for vs 30.0M against.
- Non-Employee Director Stock & RSU Plan approved with 919.7M for vs 14.4M against.
- PwC ratified as auditor for FY 2026 with 99.9% support; say-on-pay passed with 831.8M for.
- Shareholder proposal on EEO-1 disclosure policy rejected with 680.8M against vs 203.9M for.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/815556/000081555626000025/0000815556-26-000025-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/815556/000081555626000025/fast-20260423.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000815556-26-000025

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