Current Report Filing (8-k)

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:

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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.