secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     STANDARD MOTOR PRODUCTS, INC. (SMP)
CIK:        0000093389
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-04-05T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001140361-22-013087
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Standard Motor Products appoints Alejandro Capparelli as independent director; board to shrink upon Ward retirement
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- Board expanded from 10 to 11 directors; Capparelli appointed effective April 1, 2022.
- Capparelli, 53, is VP of Global Commercial Lifecycle Services at Rockwell Automation.
- He will serve on Audit, Compensation, Nominating, and Strategic Planning committees.
- Board will reduce to 10 directors effective May 19, 2022 upon retirement of Richard Ward.
- Capparelli receives pro-rata retainer, 125 restricted shares, and $6,875 stock award.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/93389/000114036122013087/0001140361-22-013087-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/93389/000114036122013087/brhc10036106_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-22-013087

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