{"url_path":"/sec/grc/8-k/2026-04-27/item-5-07","section_key":"item-5-07","section_title":"Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-04-27","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/42682/0001193125-26-181352-index.html","accession_number":"0001193125-26-181352","cik":"0000042682","ticker":"GRC","issuer_name":"GORMAN RUPP CO","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/42682/0001193125-26-181352-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0000042682","primary_entity_name":"GORMAN RUPP CO"},"word_count":271,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"## Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.\n\nThe annual meeting of the shareholders of The Gorman-Rupp Company (the “Company”) was held on April 23, 2026 virtually via webcast ( the “Annual Meeting”). As of the record date, there were a total of 26,312,842 shares of Common Stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. At the Annual Meeting, 22,837,774 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.\n\n \n\n1.\n\nFix 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:\n\n##  \n\nName\n\n \n\nFor\n\n \n\nWithheld\n\n \n\nBroker Non-Votes\n\nDonald H. Bullock, Jr.\n\n \n\n19,472,374\n\n \n\n1,010,727\n\n \n\n2,354,672\n\nJeffrey S. Gorman\n\n \n\n20,071,175\n\n \n\n411,927\n\n \n\n2,354,672\n\nM. Ann Harlan\n\n \n\n20,138,040\n\n \n\n345,062\n\n \n\n2,354,672\n\nPamela A. Heminger\n\n \n\n20,310,896\n\n \n\n172,206\n\n \n\n2,354,672\n\nScott A. King\n\n \n\n20,290,659\n\n \n\n192,442\n\n \n\n2,354,672\n\nChristopher H. Lake\n\n \n\n20,039,288\n\n \n\n443,813\n\n \n\n2,354,672\n\nSonja K. McClelland\n\n \n\n20,397,030\n\n \n\n86,071\n\n \n\n2,354,672\n\nVincent K. Petrella\n\n \n\n20,238,429\n\n \n\n244,672\n\n \n\n2,354,672\n\nKenneth R. Reynolds\n\n \n\n20,051,004\n\n \n\n432,097\n\n \n\n2,354,672\n\n##  \n\n2.\n\nApprove, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named Executive Officers. The voting results were as follows:\n\n##  \n\nFor\n\n \n\nAgainst\n\n \n\nAbstain\n\n \n\nBroker Non-Votes\n\n19,955,012\n\n \n\n410,848\n\n \n\n117,242\n\n \n\n2,354,672\n\n \n\n3.\n\nRatify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered public accountants for the Company during the year ending December 31, 2026. The voting results were as follows:\n\n##  \n\nFor\n\n \n\nAgainst\n\n \n\nAbstain\n\n22,314,411\n\n \n\n417,452\n\n \n\n105,911"}