Crane Company filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update, Financial Statements and Exhibits
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WASHINGTON, DC 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): December 9, 2024
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SECTION 5 – CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
| Item 5.02 | Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. | ||||
On December 9, 2024, Crane Company (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the promotion of Alejandro (Alex) Alcala to Chief Operating Officer, effective immediately. Mr. Alcala joined Crane in 2013 as President of Crane Pumps & Systems and was then promoted to President of Crane ChemPharma & Energy in 2014. In March 2020, he was promoted to Senior Vice President, overseeing Crane’s Process Flow Technologies segment as well as the Regional Presidents of China, India, and the Middle East & Africa. In February 2023, Mr. Alcala was promoted to Executive Vice President and assumed segment leadership responsibility for all of Crane’s businesses.
In connection with his promotion to Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Alcala’s annual base salary was increased by $55,000, resulting in a total annual base salary of $700,000. Mr. Alcala continues to be eligible to participate in all benefit plans applicable to the Company’s executive officers, with amounts and forms of awards determined by the Management Organization and Compensation Committee on an annual basis.
A copy of the Company’s press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
SECTION 9 – FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. | ||||
| (a) | None | |||||||
| (b) | None | |||||||
| (c) | None | |||||||
| (d) | Exhibits | |||||||
| 99.1 | ||||||||
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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.
| CRANE COMPANY | |||||||||||||||||
| December 9, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
| By: | /s/ Anthony M. D'lorio | ||||||||||||||||
| Anthony M. D'lorio | |||||||||||||||||
| Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | |||||||||||||||||
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