---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-166965"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LECO"
cik: "0000059527"
company_name: "LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS INC"
filed_at: "2026-04-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T05:12:57.359227+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lincoln Electric shareholders elect all 10 director nominees, ratify auditor, approve say-on-pay at 2026 annual meeting

## Summary
- All ten director nominees elected with >38.7M votes for each; broker non-votes of 6.5M on each.
- Ernst & Young ratified as independent auditor for FY 2026: 46.5M for, 1.4M against, 24.6K abstentions.
- Advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation passed: 40.1M for, 1.2M against, 136.8K abstentions.
- Meeting held April 17, 2026; results reflect shareholder sentiment and governance continuity.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-166965
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LECO
- cik: 0000059527
- company_name: LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS INC
- filed_at: 2026-04-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- 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/59527/000119312526166965/0001193125-26-166965-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59527/000119312526166965/d139367d8k.htm

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