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Issuer:     LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS INC (LECO)
CIK:        0000059527
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-04-21T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-166965
Event type: other
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.15
Item codes: 5.07
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59527/000119312526166965/0001193125-26-166965-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59527/000119312526166965/d139367d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-166965

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