---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001206774-23-001180"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GLW"
cik: "0000024741"
company_name: "CORNING INC /NY"
filed_at: "2023-10-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T04:20:09.827626+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Corning Vice Chairman Lawrence McRae to retire Dec 31; board amends bylaws on shareholder nominations

## Summary
- Vice Chairman & Corporate Development Officer Lawrence McRae to retire Dec 31, 2023 after 38 years at Corning.
- Board amended and restated bylaws effective Oct 4, 2023, enhancing procedural mechanics for shareholder proposals and director nominations.
- New rules require shareholders to disclose intent to solicit proxies under Rule 14a-19 and provide evidence upon request.
- Amendments mandate nominees agree to governance policies and require shareholders soliciting proxies to use non-white proxy cards.
- Includes technical and conforming changes; full text filed as Exhibit 3.2.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001206774-23-001180
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GLW
- cik: 0000024741
- company_name: CORNING INC /NY
- filed_at: 2023-10-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/24741/000120677423001180/0001206774-23-001180-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/24741/000120677423001180/glw4248201-8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001206774-23-001180.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Lawrence McRae departed as vice chairman and corporate development officer at CORNING INC /NY.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: vice chairman and corporate development officer
  source text: On October 3, 2023, Mr. Lawrence McRae, vice chairman and corporate development officer, informed the Corning Incorporated (the “Company”) Board of Directors that he will retire on December 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/24741/000120677423001180/0001206774-23-001180-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  CORNING INC /NY: Amended and restated By-Laws to clarify and enhance procedural mechanics and disclosure requirements for shareholder proposals and director nominations (effective 2023-10-04).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-10-04
  source text: On October 4, 2023, the Company’s Board of Directors approved and adopted amended and restated By-Laws (the “Amended and Restated Bylaws”), effective October 4, 2023, to clarify and enhance the procedural mechanics and disclosure requirements of the Company’s advance notice procedures for shareholder proposals and shareholder-nominated director candidates.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/24741/000120677423001180/0001206774-23-001180-index.htm

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