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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001433660-22-000044"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "JBTM"
cik: "0001433660"
company_name: "JBT MAREL Corp"
filed_at: "2022-12-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T05:17:58.308861+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# JBT amends bylaws to align with SEC universal proxy rules

## Summary
- Amendment to Section 3.4 of Third Amended and Restated Bylaws to comply with SEC Rule 14a-19 universal proxy requirements.
- Updates information requirements and procedures for director nominations and other stockholder proposals.
- Amendment effective December 7, 2022; filed as Exhibit 3.1 to Form 8-K.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001433660-22-000044
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: JBTM
- cik: 0001433660
- company_name: JBT MAREL Corp
- filed_at: 2022-12-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1433660/000143366022000044/0001433660-22-000044-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1433660/000143366022000044/jbt-20221207.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  JBT MAREL Corp: Amended Section 3.4 of the Bylaws to align with SEC universal proxy rules and update director nomination and business proposal procedures (effective 2022-12-07).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2022-12-07
  source text: The Board of Directors of John Bean Technologies Corporation (the “Company”) approved an amendment to the Company’s Third Amended and Restated Bylaws (as amended, the “Bylaws”) to (a) align Section 3.4 of Article III of the Bylaws with the Securities and Exchange Commission’s new requirements regarding universal proxies pursuant to Rule 14a-19 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and (b) update the information requirements, processes and procedures, contained in Section 3.4 of Article III of the Bylaws, regarding the nomination of directors and the proposal of other business for consideration at meetings of the Company’s stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1433660/000143366022000044/0001433660-22-000044-index.htm

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