---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-21-047438"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RBC"
cik: "0001324948"
company_name: "RBC Bearings INC"
filed_at: "2021-09-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T04:28:25.039824+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# RBC Bearings shareholders reject say-on-pay, two director nominees fail to get majority support

## Summary
- Say-on-pay resolution rejected: 17,695,037 against vs 6,064,180 for.
- Directors Crowell and Levine received majority withheld votes (14.6M and 14.0M withheld); only Kaplan elected with 16.9M for.
- 2021 Long Term Incentive Plan approved (15.4M for, 8.4M against), authorizing 1.5M shares for future equity awards.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-21-047438
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RBC
- cik: 0001324948
- company_name: RBC Bearings INC
- filed_at: 2021-09-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1324948/000121390021047438/0001213900-21-047438-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1324948/000121390021047438/ea147137-8k_rbcbearings.htm

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