Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 3, 2023
COLUMBUS MCKINNON CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
New York
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
001-34362
16-0547600
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
205 Crosspoint Parkway
Buffalo
NY
14068
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number including area code: (716) 689-5400
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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share
CMCO
Nasdaq Global Select Market
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Item 5.02
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
(b)On April 3, 2023, Columbus McKinnon Corporation (the “Company”) announced that Richard Fleming had stepped down as Chair of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) effective as of the conclusion of the Company’s fiscal year on March 31, 2023 and had notified the Board that he would not stand for re-election and retire from the Board at the conclusion of his term as a director immediately following the Company’s 2023 annual meeting of shareholders, which is scheduled to be held in July 2023. Upon Mr. Fleming stepping down as Board Chair, the Board elected Gerald Colella to serve as the next Chair of the Board and Kathryn Roedel to serve as Lead Director on the Board. In addition, as part of the Board’s regular leadership refreshment activities and in connection with the election of the Company’s new Board Chair and Lead Director, the Board also engaged in a normal course review of current Board committee leadership and rotated the leadership of the Board’s committees.
Item 7.01
Regulation FD Disclosure.
A copy of the press release announcing the leadership transition activities on the Board is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
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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.
