---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-190919"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LECO"
cik: "0000059527"
company_name: "LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS INC"
filed_at: "2023-07-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T05:13:49.567065+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lincoln Electric elects Bonnie Fetch to board, expands to 11 directors

## Summary
- Bonnie J. Fetch, VP Global Supply Chain & Manufacturing at Cummins, elected to Lincoln Electric board effective July 20, 2023.
- Board expands from 10 to 11 members; 10 of 11 directors are independent under Nasdaq rules.
- Fetch appointed to Audit and Finance Committees; received 264 restricted stock units prorated to December 2023.
- Background includes 20-year career at Caterpillar and leadership roles at Cummins.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-190919
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LECO
- cik: 0000059527
- company_name: LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS INC
- filed_at: 2023-07-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59527/000119312523190919/0001193125-23-190919-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59527/000119312523190919/d514618d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-190919
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-190919.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-190919.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Bonnie J. Fetch was elected as Director at LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On July 20, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) increased its size from ten to eleven members and elected Bonnie J. Fetch to fill the resulting vacancy.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59527/000119312523190919/0001193125-23-190919-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.