---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-315282"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GRC"
cik: "0000042682"
company_name: "GORMAN RUPP CO"
filed_at: "2026-07-24T13:42:56+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-24T13:44:07.609669+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Gorman-Rupp CFO James C. Kerr to retire; Ronald F. Stoops named successor effective Oct 1, 2026

## Summary
- James C. Kerr to retire as EVP and CFO effective October 1, 2026.
- Ronald F. Stoops, current VP of Finance, will succeed as CFO on October 1, 2026.
- Kerr will assist with transition and serve as senior advisor until a later retirement date.
- Stoops joined Gorman-Rupp in 2020; prior roles at KPMG and a global manufacturing company.
- No family relationships or reportable transactions between Stoops and any director or officer.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-315282
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GRC
- cik: 0000042682
- company_name: GORMAN RUPP CO
- filed_at: 2026-07-24T13:42:56+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/42682/000119312526315282/0001193125-26-315282-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/42682/000119312526315282/grc-20260724.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-315282.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  James C. Kerr departed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at GORMAN RUPP CO.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On July 23, 2026, James C. Kerr, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, informed The Gorman-Rupp Company (the “Company” or “Gorman-Rupp”) of his decision to retire from the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/42682/000119312526315282/0001193125-26-315282-index.htm
- Executive change
  Ronald F. Stoops was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at GORMAN RUPP CO.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Mr. Kerr will be succeeded as Chief Financial Officer by current Vice President of Finance, Ronald F. Stoops, effective October 1, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/42682/000119312526315282/0001193125-26-315282-index.htm

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