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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-26-014317"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PLOW"
cik: "0001287213"
company_name: "DOUGLAS DYNAMICS, INC"
filed_at: "2026-05-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T00:14:49.519445+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Douglas Dynamics shareholders approve officer exculpation amendment, elect directors

## Summary
- Shareholders approved certificate amendment to exculpate certain officers under Delaware law; filed April 30.
- New directors elected: Ansberry, Nelson, Akolawala (terms to 2029); Janik re-elected (term to 2028).
- Advisory say-on-pay passed: 18.7M for, 0.7M against.
- Ratification of Deloitte as auditor for 2026 approved: 20.6M for, 0.4M against.
- Exculpation amendment applies to specified officers; previously pertained only to directors.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-26-014317
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PLOW
- cik: 0001287213
- company_name: DOUGLAS DYNAMICS, INC
- filed_at: 2026-05-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1287213/000143774926014317/0001437749-26-014317-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1287213/000143774926014317/plow20260430_8k.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 0f88d005b91db9eacec849e7b992369598c59af1
  claim: DOUGLAS DYNAMICS, INC: Amendment to certificate of incorporation to provide for exculpation from personal liability for certain officers as permitted by Delaware law (effective 2026-04-30).
  evidence_excerpt: On April 30, 2026, Douglas Dynamics, Inc. (the “Company”) amended the Company’s Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to provide for exculpation from personal liability for certain officers as permitted by Delaware law (the “Amendment”) by filing a Certificate of Amendment with the Secretary of State of Delaware.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1287213/000143774926014317/0001437749-26-014317-index.htm

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