{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001140361-22-044725","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"BCPC","cik":"0000009326","company_name":"BALCHEM CORP","filed_at":"2022-12-07T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:03:54.091527+00:00","generated_at":"2026-06-21T08:30:59.296631+00:00","sec_items":["5.03","9.01"],"event_type":"other","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.1,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.1,"confidence":"high","headline":"Balchem amends bylaws to enhance shareholder nomination procedures and require Rule 14a-19 compliance","bullets":["Board amended and restated Bylaws effective December 5, 2022.","Article II enhanced procedural mechanics for shareholder nominations and proxy solicitations.","New requirement to comply with SEC Rule 14a-19 for director nominations.","Also incorporated ministerial, clarifying and conforming changes."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-22-044725","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-22-044725.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-22-044725.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-22-044725.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036122044725/0001140361-22-044725-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036122044725/brhc10045137_8k.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-06-21T08:30:59.296631+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"26f93259ecf6d0345b5fd8a7ed7bad6948f27966","claim":"BALCHEM CORP: Amended and restated By-laws to enhance procedural mechanics for shareholder nominations and proxies, including compliance with Rule 14a-19 (effective 2022-12-05).","evidence_excerpt":"On and effective December 5, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Balchem Corporation (the “Company”) amended and restated the Company’s By-laws as follows: • Article II (Meetings of Shareholders), Section 6 (Advance Notice of Shareholder Nominations and Proposals) and Section 10 (Proxies) – enhanced procedural mechanics and made other revisions with respect to the notification and other requirements related to nominations of directors and solicitations of proxies, including requiring compliance with Rule 14a-19 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.03/5.05/5.06","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036122044725/0001140361-22-044725-index.htm","confidence":0.9,"family_label":"Governance Changes","details":[{"label":"Change","value":"bylaw amendment"},{"label":"Effective","value":"2022-12-05"}],"fact_type":"governance_change"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}