secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     EASTERN CO (EML)
CIK:        0000031107
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-12-20T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001654954-21-013351
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.20
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Eastern Company director Michael McManus to retire Dec 31, 2021; John Everets named Compensation Committee chair
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- Michael McManus will retire from the Board effective December 31, 2021, after serving since 2015.
- John Everets elected Chairman of Compensation Committee, effective January 1, 2022.
- McManus served as Compensation Committee chair and on Audit and Environmental, Health & Safety Committees; no replacement named for those committees.
- Nominating Committee has initiated a search for a new director to be elected at the 2022 annual shareholder meeting.

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