secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     GRIFFON CORP (GFF)
CIK:        0000050725
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-02-18T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000930413-22-000240
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 5.02, 5.07, 5.03, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Griffon shareholders reject say-on-pay; approve board declassification and equity plan increase
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- Say-on-pay advisory vote failed: 17,361,455 for vs 33,983,871 against (66% opposed).
- Charter amended to declassify board over two years; special meeting threshold reduced to 25% net long position.
- Amended 2016 Equity Incentive Plan approved, adding 1,200,000 shares for future equity awards.
- Directors elected: Grabowsky, Taylor, Turnbull, and Diao (Voss nominee); Mehmel also elected.
- Grant Thornton LLP ratified as auditor for fiscal 2022 with 49,696,260 votes for.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/50725/000093041322000240/0000930413-22-000240-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/50725/000093041322000240/c103067_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000930413-22-000240

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