---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-24-084444"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RBC"
cik: "0001324948"
company_name: "RBC Bearings INC"
filed_at: "2024-10-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T22:09:37.784813+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# RBC Bearings elects Frederick J. Elmy to board of directors

## Summary
- Frederick J. Elmy elected as Class III director to fill vacancy, term until 2025 annual meeting.
- Elmy appointed to Audit Committee; board deemed him an audit committee financial expert.
- Standard independent director compensation: $50,000 annual cash plus equity grants.
- Elmy was a PwC partner for 27 years, retiring in 2021 with extensive audit and SEC experience.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-24-084444
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RBC
- cik: 0001324948
- company_name: RBC Bearings INC
- filed_at: 2024-10-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1324948/000121390024084444/0001213900-24-084444-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1324948/000121390024084444/ea0216315-8k_rbcbearings.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-24-084444
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-24-084444.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-24-084444.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Frederick J. Elmy was elected as director at RBC Bearings INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: director
  source text: On October 1, 2024, the Board of Directors of RBC Bearings Incorporated (the "Company") elected Frederick J. Elmy a director of the Company to fill a vacancy on the Board
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1324948/000121390024084444/0001213900-24-084444-index.htm

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