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CHICAGO RIVET & MACHINE CO — fact timeline

Source-grounded facts extracted from CHICAGO RIVET & MACHINE CO's SEC 8-K filings across all families, newest first. Each cites a verbatim SEC excerpt.

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Shareholder Votes

CHICAGO RIVET & MACHINE CO shareholders approved Ratification of Cherry Bekaert LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2026 at the 2026-05-12 meeting.

“Ratification of Cherry Bekaert LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2026: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 727,269 5,655 18,806 0”
Shareholder Votes

CHICAGO RIVET & MACHINE CO shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2026-05-12 meeting.

“Election of Directors: Votes For Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes Kent H. Cooney 375,866 151,365 276,507 Kurt Moders 416,426 19,791 276,507 James W. Morrissey 416,743 19,474 276,507 Walter W. Morrissey, M.D. 415,145 21,072 276,507 Karen G. Ong 376,355 150,876 276,507 Gregory D. Rizzo 416,225 19,992 276,507 John L. Showel 376,495 150,736 276,507”
Auditor Changes

CHICAGO RIVET & MACHINE CO engaged CB as its auditor.

“On May 27, 2025, the Board engaged CB as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025, effective immediately.”
Auditor Changes

CHICAGO RIVET & MACHINE CO dismissed Crowe as its auditor.

“On May 27, 2025, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company approved the dismissal of Crowe as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, effective immediately.”
Auditor Changes

CHICAGO RIVET & MACHINE CO engaged Cherry Bekaert as its auditor.

“On May 27, 2025, the Board engaged Cherry Bekaert (“CB”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025, effective immediately.”
Auditor Changes

CHICAGO RIVET & MACHINE CO dismissed Crowe LLP as its auditor.

“On May 27, 2025, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Chicago Rivet & Machine Co. (the “Company”) approved the dismissal of Crowe LLP (“Crowe”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, effective immediately.”
Shareholder Votes

CHICAGO RIVET & MACHINE CO shareholders approved Ratification of Crowe LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2024 at the 2024-05-14 meeting.

“Ratification of Crowe LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2024: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 822,485 3,445 2,109 0”
Shareholder Votes

CHICAGO RIVET & MACHINE CO shareholders approved Election of seven nominees named in the proxy statement dated April 2, 2024 at the 2024-05-14 meeting.

“the seven nominees named in the Company’s proxy statement dated April 2, 2024 were elected to serve for a term ending at the Annual Meeting in 2025”

Karen G. Ong was appointed as Director at CHICAGO RIVET & MACHINE CO.

“On March 1, 2024, following the recommendation by its Nominating Committee, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Chicago Rivet & Machine Co. (the “Company”) appointed Karen G. Ong to the Board of Directors of the Company to serve until the Company’s next Annual Meeting of Shareholders, which is scheduled to be held on Tuesday, May 14, 2024.”

Michael J. Bourg changed role as President and Chief Operating Officer at CHICAGO RIVET & MACHINE CO.

“Michael J. Bourg, President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company ceased being the Company’s Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer as of November 13, 2023.”

Joel M. Brown was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at CHICAGO RIVET & MACHINE CO.

“On November 13, 2023, Chicago Rivet & Machine Co. (the “Company”) announced Joel M. Brown as the new Chief Financial Officer of the Company effective immediately.”

Michael J. Bourg departed as President, Chief Operating Officer and Treasurer at CHICAGO RIVET & MACHINE CO.

“On September 1, 2023, Michael J. Bourg, President, Chief Operating Officer and Treasurer of Chicago Rivet & Machine Co. (the “Company”) and a member of the Company’s Board of Directors, notified the Company of his intention to retire.”
Shareholder Votes

CHICAGO RIVET & MACHINE CO shareholders approved Ratification of Crowe LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2023 at the 2023-05-09 meeting.

“Ratification of Crowe LLP s the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2023: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 752,216 42,856 997 0”
Shareholder Votes

CHICAGO RIVET & MACHINE CO shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-05-09 meeting.

“Election of Directors: Votes For Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes Michael J. Bourg 402,277 187,289 207,333 Kent H. Cooney 402,721 187,135 207,333 Kurt Moders 404,578 185,684 207,333 James W. Morrissey 405,795 185,182 207,333 Walter W. Morrissey, M.D. 407,963 186,316 207,333 John L. Showel 404,008 186,184 207,333”

Patricia M. Miller resigned as Director at CHICAGO RIVET & MACHINE CO.

“On December 22, 2022, Patricia M. Miller, a member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Chicago Rivet & Machine Co. (the “Company”) notified the Company of her intention to resign from the Company’s Board, effective December 31, 2022.”

Michael J. Bourg was appointed as principal executive officer at CHICAGO RIVET & MACHINE CO.

“Michael J. Bourg, President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company became the Company’s principal executive officer on December 10, 2022.”

Walter W. Morrissey departed as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at CHICAGO RIVET & MACHINE CO.

“Chicago Rivet & Machine Co. (the “Company”) is saddened to announce the passing of Walter W. Morrissey, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, on December 10, 2022.”

Facts are extracted by an LLM and gated to those whose source quote is present verbatim in the filing text. Coverage is best-effort while backfill and monitoring mature; this is not yet a full-market index. See methodology.