GRAHAM CORP — Board/Management Information 2024

Apr 1, 2024

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 27, 2024

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).

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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 March 27, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Graham Corporation (the “Company”), approved an increase to the annual base salary for each of Daniel Thoren, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, Christopher J. Thome, the Company’s Vice President – Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer, and Matthew Malone, the Company’s Vice President and General Manager – Barber-Nichols (together, the “NEOs”), resulting in the following annual base salaries:

Name	Annual Base Salary
Daniel Thoren	$ 500,000
Christopher J. Thome	$ 360,000
Matthew Malone	$ 330,000

Further, on March 27, 2024, the Board approved an increase to the target equity long-term incentive plan (the “LTIP”) award each NEO will receive, which is based on a percentage of base salary. For fiscal 2025, each NEO will receive a target LTIP award equal in value to: Daniel J. Thoren – 170%; Christopher J. Thome – 70%; and Matthew Malone – 60% of their base salary.

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.

/s/ Christopher J. Thome
Christopher Thome
Vice President – Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer