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Issuer:     GORMAN RUPP CO (GRC)
CIK:        0000042682
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-07-24T13:42:56+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-315282
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/42682/000119312526315282/0001193125-26-315282-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/42682/000119312526315282/grc-20260724.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-315282

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