---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001654954-25-005083"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EML"
cik: "0000031107"
company_name: "EASTERN CO"
filed_at: "2025-05-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-22T19:38:00.152016+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Eastern Company appoints Chan W. Galbato to board of directors, effective May 1, 2025

## Summary
- Chan W. Galbato elected to Board effective May 1, 2025, increasing board size to 8.
- Galbato has no material relationship with the Company and is deemed independent under Nasdaq rules.
- He will serve on Audit Committee and Capital Allocation & Investment Committee.
- Galbato is Senior Advisor to Barington Capital and former executive at Cerberus, NFI Group, and GE.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001654954-25-005083
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EML
- cik: 0000031107
- company_name: EASTERN CO
- filed_at: 2025-05-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31107/000165495425005083/0001654954-25-005083-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31107/000165495425005083/eml_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001654954-25-005083
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001654954-25-005083.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001654954-25-005083.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Chan W. Galbato was elected as Director at EASTERN CO.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On April 30, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of The Eastern Company (the “Company”) increased size of the Board from seven members to eight members and elected Mr. Chan W. Galbato to fill the resulting vacancy, effective May 1, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31107/000165495425005083/0001654954-25-005083-index.htm

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