---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-258065"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LECO"
cik: "0000059527"
company_name: "LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS INC"
filed_at: "2023-10-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T22:09:36.841003+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lincoln Electric elects Marc A. Howze, Deere & Co senior advisor, to board

## Summary
- Marc A. Howze elected to Lincoln Electric's Board of Directors effective October 17, 2023.
- Howze serves as Senior Advisor, Office of the Chairman at Deere & Company (NYSE: DE).
- Board expanded to 12 directors (11 independent); Howze assigned to Compensation and Finance Committees.
- Howze received 107 restricted stock units under the Non-Employee Director Stock Plan.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-258065
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LECO
- cik: 0000059527
- company_name: LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS INC
- filed_at: 2023-10-18T23:59:59+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/59527/000119312523258065/0001193125-23-258065-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59527/000119312523258065/d540945d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-258065
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-258065.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-258065.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Marc A. Howze was elected as Director at LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On October 17, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) increased its size from eleven to twelve members and elected Marc A. Howze to fill the resulting vacancy.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59527/000119312523258065/0001193125-23-258065-index.htm

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