8-K

Graham Corporation

Date: April 3, 2023

/s/ Christopher Thome

Christopher Thome

Vice President – Finance, Chief Financial Officer and
Chief Accounting Officer

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): March 29, 2023

Graham Corporation

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

001-08462

16-1194720

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)


20 Florence Avenue, Batavia, New York				14020
(Address of principal executive offices)				(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (585) 343-2216

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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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, par value $0.10 per share

GHM

NYSE

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 5.02

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On March 29, 2023, the Board of Directors of Graham Corporation (the “Company”), approved an increase to the annual base salary for each of Christopher J. Thome, the Company’s Vice President – Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer, Alan E. Smith, the Company’s Vice President and General Manager – Graham Manufacturing, and Matthew Malone, the Company’s Vice President and General Manager – Barber-Nichols, resulting in an annual base salary of $312,000 for each such officer. At his request, there were no changes to the annual base salary of Daniel Thoren, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer.

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.

Graham Corporation filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update