---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001005229-23-000222"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CMCO"
cik: "0001005229"
company_name: "COLUMBUS MCKINNON CORP"
filed_at: "2023-07-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-12T22:45:09.199316+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Columbus McKinnon director Richard H. Fleming retires; board size reduced to nine

## Summary
- Richard H. Fleming retired from the Board of Directors effective July 24, 2023.
- Board size reduced from ten to nine directors following his retirement.
- Fleming did not advise of any disagreement with the company on operations, policies, or practices.
- Retirement occurred as previously disclosed, effective as of the Annual Meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001005229-23-000222
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CMCO
- cik: 0001005229
- company_name: COLUMBUS MCKINNON CORP
- filed_at: 2023-07-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1005229/000100522923000222/0001005229-23-000222-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1005229/000100522923000222/cmco-20230724.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001005229-23-000222
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001005229-23-000222.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001005229-23-000222.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Richard H. Fleming retired as Director at COLUMBUS MCKINNON CORP.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Director
  source text: On July 24, 2023, Richard H. Fleming, a member of the Board of Directors of Columbus McKinnon Corporation (the “Company”), retired from the Company’s Board of Directors effective as of the Company’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders, as previously disclosed by the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1005229/000100522923000222/0001005229-23-000222-index.htm

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