---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001157523-22-000252"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BMI"
cik: "0000009092"
company_name: "BADGER METER INC"
filed_at: "2022-02-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T05:11:42.819178+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Badger Meter appoints former GE Appliances COO Melanie K. Cook to board

## Summary
- Melanie K. Cook, retired COO of GE Appliances, appointed director effective Feb 24, 2022.
- Board size increases to ten members with Cook's appointment.
- Cook brings global experience in operations, supply chain, and digitization.
- Compensation consistent with other non-employee directors as described in proxy statement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001157523-22-000252
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BMI
- cik: 0000009092
- company_name: BADGER METER INC
- filed_at: 2022-02-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9092/000115752322000252/0001157523-22-000252-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9092/000115752322000252/a52584605.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-22-000252
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-22-000252.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001157523-22-000252.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Melanie K. Cook was appointed as Director at BADGER METER INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On February 24, 2022, Badger Meter, Inc. announced that Melanie K. Cook, 49, Retired Chief Operating Officer of GE Appliances (a Haier Company), has been appointed a director of the Company effective as of February 24, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9092/000115752322000252/0001157523-22-000252-index.htm

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