---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-105916"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LECO"
cik: "0000059527"
company_name: "LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS INC"
filed_at: "2024-04-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T12:44:40.873610+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lincoln Electric shareholders elect 12 directors, ratify auditor, approve say-on-pay at annual meeting

## Summary
- All 12 director nominees elected with substantial support; each received >43M votes for.
- Ernst & Young ratified as independent auditor for FY2024 with 97.5% of votes cast in favor.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation passed with >97% of votes cast in favor.
- Broker non-votes of ~5.1M shares on Proposal 1 and Proposal 3.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-105916
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LECO
- cik: 0000059527
- company_name: LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS INC
- filed_at: 2024-04-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59527/000119312524105916/0001193125-24-105916-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59527/000119312524105916/d816318d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS INC shareholders approved Election of twelve directors at the 2024-04-19 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-19
  source text: Shareholders elected twelve directors, each to hold office until the 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified, as set forth below.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59527/000119312524105916/0001193125-24-105916-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS INC shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered public accounting firm at the 2024-04-19 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-19
  source text: Shareholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2024, as set forth below.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59527/000119312524105916/0001193125-24-105916-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS INC shareholders approved Advisory approval of compensation of named executive officers at the 2024-04-19 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-19
  source text: Shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as set forth below.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59527/000119312524105916/0001193125-24-105916-index.htm

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