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Issuer:     LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS INC (LECO)
CIK:        0000059527
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-02-24T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-25-033465
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Lincoln Electric elects N. Joy Falotico to board; EVP Kuhrt to retire in August
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- Kellye I. Walker resigns from board, will not stand for re-election at 2025 annual meeting; no disagreement with management.
- Board expands to 12 members; elects N. Joy Falotico, former President of Lincoln Motor Company (Ford), to fill vacancy.
- Falotico appointed to Audit and Nominating/Governance committees; initial RSU award of 578 units.
- EVP & Chief Transformation Officer Michele R. Kuhrt intends to retire effective August 31, 2025; will assist with transition.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59527/000119312525033465/0001193125-25-033465-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59527/000119312525033465/d919873d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-033465

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