---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001005229-24-000003"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CMCO"
cik: "0001005229"
company_name: "COLUMBUS MCKINNON CORP"
filed_at: "2024-01-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T23:45:07.042904+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Heath Mitts resigns from Columbus McKinnon board effective Jan 31

## Summary
- Heath Mitts notified resignation on Jan 9, 2024, for personal reasons, effective Jan 31, 2024.
- Resignation not due to any dispute or disagreement with the company or its board.
- No replacement announced; board size will be reduced by one.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001005229-24-000003
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CMCO
- cik: 0001005229
- company_name: COLUMBUS MCKINNON CORP
- filed_at: 2024-01-12T23:59:59+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/1005229/000100522924000003/0001005229-24-000003-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1005229/000100522924000003/cmco-20240109.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001005229-24-000003
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001005229-24-000003.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001005229-24-000003.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Heath Mitts resigned as Director at COLUMBUS MCKINNON CORP.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On January 9, 2024, Heath Mitts, a member of the Board of Directors of Columbus McKinnon Corporation (the “Company”), notified the Company of his resignation from the Company’s Board of Directors for personal reasons, effective January 31, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1005229/000100522924000003/0001005229-24-000003-index.htm

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