Company: AOS
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-037641
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Company: SMITH A O CORP
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form: DEF 14A
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 running A. O. Smith’s water products division, his time at the helm of A. O. Smith as chief executive officer and president and his 14 years on our Board. Mr. Rajendra’s inspiring and visionary leadership was integral in making A. O. Smith the innovative global water technology company it is today. Set forth below is information regarding the business experience of each nominee for director that has been furnished to us by the respective nominee. Each nominee has been principally engaged in the employment indicated for the last five years unless otherwise stated. Also set forth below for each nominee is a discussion of the experience, qualifications, attributes or skills that led to the conclusion that the nominee should serve as a director. 6 A. O. Smith Corporation

Election of Directors NOMINEES – CLASS A COMMON STOCK

| RONALD D. BROWN   Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Milacron Inc.                               |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| Director since: 2001 Age: 71 Committees: •  Personnel and Compensation (Chair) •  Nominating and Governance |     | Director Biography: Mr. Brown served as interim president and chief executive officer of Cincinnati Incorporated, a privately held U.S.-based machine tool manufacturer, from July 2020 to December 2020 and interim chief executive officer of LSI Industries Inc., a U.S.-based manufacturer of lighting and graphics, from April 2018 to October 2018. Mr. Brown served from March 2017 to April 2018 as vice chairman of The Armor Group, Inc., which he joined in 2013 as chief operating officer. The Armor Group, Inc. is a certified woman-owned corporation that manufactures equipment and products for a variety of industrial markets. Mr. Brown was chairman and chief executive officer of Milacron Inc. from 2001 to 2008. Milacron Inc. is a supplier of plastic processing and metalworking fluid technologies. Mr. Brown serves on the board of LSI Industries Inc., where he is chair of the Compensation Committee and a member of its Executive Committee. Mr. Brown served on the board of Zep Inc., where he was chairman of the Compensation Committee and a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, from 2010 until it was acquired by New Mountain Capital in 2015. In addition, Mr. Brown was appointed by then-G