AIT 8-K
Applied Industrial Technologies Inc (AIT)
8-K
2026-08-14
For: 2026-08-11
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August 14, 2026
UNITED STATES
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
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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. | ||||
On August 11, 2026, Pamela J. Tomczik, age 52, was elected to the Board of Directors of Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. (“Applied”), with a term expiring in October 2026. She has not yet been appointed to any committees of the Board of Directors.
Ms. Tomczik has served as Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Business Development of Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) since October 2022. From 2014 to October 2022, Ms. Tomczik served as Vice President, Corporate Development of Target. Prior to joining Target, Ms. Tomczik held several leadership positions at Thomson Reuters, including Vice President of Corporate Development. Prior to Thomson Reuters, Ms. Tomczik was a corporate attorney, serving in corporate counsel roles at Travelers and Andersen Corporation.
As a non-employee director, Ms. Tomczik will receive compensation in the same manner as Applied’s other non-employee directors, which compensation Applied previously disclosed in its Proxy Statement for Applied’s 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 10, 2025. In addition, Ms. Tomczik will enter into an Indemnification Agreement with Applied, the form of which is filed as Exhibit 10.4 to Applied’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2026.
On August 11, 2026, in accordance with Applied’s retirement policy for directors, which requires a director to retire effective at the annual meeting of shareholders that immediately follows the person’s attainment of age 72, Peter C. Wallace submitted his notice of retirement from the Board of Directors of Applied, effective at Applied’s annual meeting of shareholders on October 20, 2026.
ITEM 9.01 | FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS | ||||
(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit No. | Description | ||||
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). | ||||
SIGNATURE
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, thereunto duly authorized.
| APPLIED INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | |||||
| (Registrant) | |||||
| Date: August 14, 2026 | By: /s/ Jon S. Ploetz | ||||
| Jon S Ploetz, Vice President-General Counsel & Secretary | |||||