secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Crane Co (CR)
CIK:        0001944013
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-04-27T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001944013-26-000133
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Crane Company completes CEO succession: Alex Alcala becomes President & CEO, Max Mitchell becomes Executive Chairman
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- Alex Alcala assumes role of President and CEO, effective April 27, 2026.
- Max Mitchell transitions to Executive Chairman as previously planned.
- Alcala brings 13 years of Crane experience, previously EVP and COO.
- Succession was disclosed on January 26, 2026; this filing confirms completion.
- Alcala appointed to Board and Executive Committee effective April 27, 2026.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1944013/000194401326000133/0001944013-26-000133-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1944013/000194401326000133/cr-20260427.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001944013-26-000133

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