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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): April 22, 2021

 

 

THE GORMAN-RUPP COMPANY

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

Ohio

(State or other jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

1-6747   34-0253990

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employee

Identification No.)

 

600 South Airport Road, Mansfield, Ohio   44903
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

(419) 755-1011

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act:

 

Title of each class

 

Trading

Symbol

 

Name of exchange

on which registered

Common Shares, without par value   GRC   New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

 

 


Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

The annual meeting of the shareholders of the Company was held on April 22, 2021 virtually via webcast (“Annual Meeting”). As of the record date, there were a total of 26,109,185 shares of Common Stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. At the Annual Meeting, 23,261,617 shares of Common Stock were represented in person or by proxy; therefore, a quorum was present. Set forth below are the matters acted upon by the Company’s shareholders at the Annual Meeting and the final voting results on each such matter.

 

1.

Fix the number of Directors of the Company at nine and to elect nine Directors to hold office until the next Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until their successors are elected and qualified. The voting results were as follows:

 

Name

   For      Withheld      Broker
Non-Votes
 

Donald H. Bullock, Jr.

     20,980,179        242,185        2,039,252  

Jeffrey S. Gorman

     20,993,368        228,996        2,039,252  

M. Ann Harlan

     21,067,019        155,346        2,039,252  

Scott A. King

     20,813,983        408,382        2,039,252  

Christopher H. Lake

     21,002,949        219,416        2,039,252  

Sonja K. McClelland

     20,989,464        232,901        2,039,252  

Vincent K. Petrella

     21,116,035        106,330        2,039,252  

Kenneth R. Reynolds

     20,980,255        242,110        2,039,252  

Rick R. Taylor

     20,598,567        623,798        2,039,252  

 

2.

Approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named Executive Officers. The voting results were as follows:

 

For

 

Against

   

Abstain

   

Broker
Non-Votes

 
20,971,950     167,164       83,269       2,039,252  

 

3.

Ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered public accountants for the Company during the year ending December 31, 2021. The voting results were as follows:

 

For

 

Against

   

Abstain

 
23,127,861     110,898       22,859  


Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosures

On April 23, 2021, the Company issued a press release announcing the election of a new director. The press release is furnished as Exhibit 99 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit

    
(99)    News Release dated April 23, 2021
104    The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL (included as Exhibit 101)


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

THE GORMAN-RUPP COMPANY
By  

/s/ Brigette A. Burnell

Brigette A. Burnell

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

April 23, 2021

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