Company: AOS
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-037641
Chunk: 79

Company: SMITH A O CORP
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 79
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, minimum qualifications for directors, the process and procedure for stockholder recommendation of director candidates and stockholder communications with the Board. Finally, the Committee also conducted an evaluation of its performance and oversaw the evaluation process to ensure that the Board and each of the other Committees performed its own self-evaluation and reported on it to the Board of Directors. The directors also evaluated the performance of each of their fellow directors.

<div align='center'>Victoria M. Holt, Chairperson

Ronald D. Brown, Committee Member

Dr. Ilham Kadri, Committee Member

Mark D. Smith, Committee Member</div>

2025 Proxy Statement63

DATES FOR STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS

Proposals of stockholders pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Rule 14a-8”) intended to be presented at the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders must be received by us no later than October 30, 2025, to be considered for inclusion in our proxy materials for the 2026 Annual Meeting.

A stockholder who intends to present business, other than a stockholder proposal pursuant to Rule 14a-8, or to nominate a director at the 2026 Annual Meeting must comply with the requirements set forth in our By-laws. Among other matters, a stockholder must give written notice to our Secretary between December 9, 2025 and January 8, 2026, and must otherwise comply with applicable By-law provisions. If a stockholder does not provide written notice within that timeframe, then the matter of business or nomination will be untimely and we are not required to permit the business or the nomination to be presented at the 2026 Annual Meeting. If our Board of Directors permits a matter of business or a nomination for which written notice is received after January 8, 2026 to be presented at the 2026 Annual Meeting, the proxies will be able to vote on the proposal in their discretion to the extent allowed by SEC rules. In addition to satisfying the foregoing requirements under our By-Laws, stockholders who intend to include director nominees in the form of proxy for the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders must provide written notice to us that meets all the requirements set forth in Rule 14a-19(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and must otherwise comply with that rule.

64A. O. Smith Corporation

STOCKHOLDER PROPOSAL REQUESTING A BOARD REPORT ON OUR HIRING P