---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001654954-26-001847"
form_type: "8-K/A"
ticker: "EML"
cik: "0000031107"
company_name: "EASTERN CO"
filed_at: "2026-03-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T22:22:28.819128+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# The Eastern Company Amends Bylaws, Enhances Shareholder Rights; Two Directors Retire

## Summary
- Directors Charles W. Henry and Michael J. Mardy will not stand for re-election at the 2026 Annual Meeting and will retire.
- Board size to be reduced from eight to six directors, effective at the Annual Meeting.
- Shareholder vote required to amend bylaws lowered from 75% supermajority to simple majority.
- Ownership threshold to call a special meeting reduced from 35% to 25% with new procedural safeguards.
- Notice window for shareholder proposals and director nominations set to 90–120 days before anniversary of prior annual meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001654954-26-001847
- form_type: 8-K/A
- ticker: EML
- cik: 0000031107
- company_name: EASTERN CO
- filed_at: 2026-03-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31107/000165495426001847/0001654954-26-001847-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31107/000165495426001847/eml_8ka.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001654954-26-001847.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 44cba0efb053b144107eff4c01006fde17281e40
  claim: EASTERN CO: Amended bylaws to reduce supermajority for shareholder amendments to simple majority, eliminate executive committee requirement, lower special meeting ownership threshold to 25% with procedural safeguards, revise shareholder proposal and director nomination procedures, clarify Chairman role, and mak (effective 2026-02-25).
  evidence_excerpt: On February 25, 2026, the Board amended and restated the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (as amended and restated, the “Amended Bylaws”), effective as of such date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31107/000165495426001847/0001654954-26-001847-index.htm

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