---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000824142-21-000124"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AAON"
cik: "0000824142"
company_name: "AAON, INC."
filed_at: "2021-10-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T23:39:04.351271+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AAON expands board to 9, appoints Bruce Ware and David Stewart as independent directors

## Summary
- Board increased from 7 to 9 members; Class I and Class II positions created, effective Oct 1, 2021.
- Bruce Ware: Corporate VP at DaVita, Harvard MBA, appointed to Class I and Audit Committee.
- David Stewart: CAO of Oklahoma Ordnance Works Authority, CPA, appointed to Class II and Audit Committee.
- Ware's term expires at May 2022 shareholder meeting; Stewart's at May 2023 meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000824142-21-000124
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AAON
- cik: 0000824142
- company_name: AAON, INC.
- filed_at: 2021-10-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/824142/000082414221000124/0000824142-21-000124-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/824142/000082414221000124/aaon-20211001.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000824142-21-000124
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000824142-21-000124.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000824142-21-000124.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Bruce Ware was appointed as Class I Director at AAON, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class I Director
  source text: appointed Bruce Ware to the newly created Class I position
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/824142/000082414221000124/0000824142-21-000124-index.htm
- Executive change
  David Stewart was appointed as Class II Director at AAON, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class II Director
  source text: and David Stewart to the newly created Class II position
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/824142/000082414221000124/0000824142-21-000124-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.