---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001654954-23-016021"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SMID"
cik: "0000924719"
company_name: "SMITH MIDLAND CORP"
filed_at: "2023-12-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T06:43:31.732641+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Smith-Midland appoints Van de Water and Matthew Smith to board; Taylor retires

## Summary
- Wesley A. Taylor retired from board on Dec 21, 2023; served as director since 1994.
- Read Van de Water appointed director, effective Dec 21, 2023; named chair of Nominating and Governance Committee on Dec 27.
- Van de Water is SVP External Affairs at Safran USA; independent under Nasdaq rules.
- Matthew Smith appointed director on Dec 27; remains VP Sales & Marketing and President of Concrete Safety Systems.
- Both new directors' terms expire at the 2024 annual meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001654954-23-016021
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SMID
- cik: 0000924719
- company_name: SMITH MIDLAND CORP
- filed_at: 2023-12-28T23:59:59+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/924719/000165495423016021/0001654954-23-016021-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/924719/000165495423016021/smid_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001654954-23-016021
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001654954-23-016021.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001654954-23-016021.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Wesley A. Taylor retired as Director at SMITH MIDLAND CORP.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Director
  source text: On December 21, 2023, Wesley A. Taylor retired from the Board of Directors of Smith-Midland Corporation (the “Company”)
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/924719/000165495423016021/0001654954-23-016021-index.htm
- Executive change
  Matthew Smith was appointed as Director at SMITH MIDLAND CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On December 27, 2023, Mr. Matthew Smith was appointed as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/924719/000165495423016021/0001654954-23-016021-index.htm
- Executive change
  Read Van de Water was appointed as Director at SMITH MIDLAND CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: Ms. Read Van de Water was appointed as a director to fill the vacancy resulting from Mr. Taylor’s retirement.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/924719/000165495423016021/0001654954-23-016021-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.