---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001005229-21-000276"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CMCO"
cik: "0001005229"
company_name: "COLUMBUS MCKINNON CORP"
filed_at: "2021-11-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T08:52:36.790291+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Columbus McKinnon appoints Gerald Colella and Chad Abraham to Board of Directors

## Summary
- Effective November 11, 2021, Gerald Colella (retired MKS Instruments CEO and Chair) and Chad Abraham (Piper Sandler Chair/CEO) join the Board.
- Colella will serve on Compensation and Governance/Nomination Committees; Abraham on Audit and Governance/Nomination Committees.
- Board expands to 11 directors, with ten independent, two women, and one racially diverse member.
- Each new director receives annual cash retainer of $80,000 and equity award of $120,000 for fiscal 2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001005229-21-000276
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CMCO
- cik: 0001005229
- company_name: COLUMBUS MCKINNON CORP
- filed_at: 2021-11-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1005229/000100522921000276/0001005229-21-000276-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1005229/000100522921000276/cmco-20211111.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001005229-21-000276
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001005229-21-000276.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001005229-21-000276.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Gerald Colella was elected as Director at COLUMBUS MCKINNON CORP.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On November 11, 2021, Columbus McKinnon Corporation (the “Company”) announced the election of Gerald Colella and Chad Abraham to its Board of Directors
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1005229/000100522921000276/0001005229-21-000276-index.htm
- Executive change
  Chad Abraham was elected as Director at COLUMBUS MCKINNON CORP.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On November 11, 2021, Columbus McKinnon Corporation (the “Company”) announced the election of Gerald Colella and Chad Abraham to its Board of Directors
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1005229/000100522921000276/0001005229-21-000276-index.htm

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