{"url_path":"/sec/eml/8-k/2026-08-11/item-9-01","section_key":"item-9-01","section_title":"Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits**","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-08-11","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31107/0001654954-26-007476-index.html","accession_number":"0001654954-26-007476","cik":"0000031107","ticker":"EML","issuer_name":"EASTERN CO","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/31107/0001654954-26-007476-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0000031107","primary_entity_name":"EASTERN CO"},"word_count":91,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"**ITEM 9.01 – Financial Statements and Exhibits**\n\n \n\n(d) Exhibits\n\n \n\n**Exhibit No.**\n\n \n\n**Title**\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n[99.1](eml_ex991.htm)\n\n \n\n[Press Release dated August 11, 2026 announcing the second quarter earnings for 2026.](eml_ex991.htm)\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n104\n\n \n\nCover Page Interactive Data File (cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document)\n\n \n\n \n\n2\n\n \n\n \n\n**SIGNATURES**\n\n \n\n                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.\n\n \n\n **The Eastern Company**\n\n    \n\nDate: August 11, 2026  By:\n/s/Nicholas Vlahos\n\n \n\n \nNicholas Vlahos \n\n  \nChief Financial Officer\n \n\n \n\n \n\n3"}