secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     GORMAN RUPP CO (GRC)
CIK:        0000042682
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-04-27T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-181352
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.25
Item codes: 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Gorman-Rupp elects nine directors, approves executive compensation, appoints Lead Independent Director
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- All nine director nominees elected with 19.5M to 20.4M votes for; Jeffrey Gorman received 20.1M for.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved with 19.96M for (approx 98% of votes cast excluding broker non-votes).
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as auditor for 2026 approved with 22.3M for (99.7% of votes cast).
- Donald H. Bullock, Jr. appointed Lead Independent Director effective April 23, 2026, succeeding M. Ann Harlan who remains on board.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/42682/000119312526181352/0001193125-26-181352-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/42682/000119312526181352/grc-20260423.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-181352

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