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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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 14A Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. ) Filed by the Registrant ☒ Filed by a party other than the Registrant ☐ Check the appropriate box:

| Preliminary Proxy Statement |

| ☐ | Confidential, for the Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule14a-6(e)(2)) |

| ☒ | Definitive Proxy Statement |

| ☐ | Definitive Additional Materials |

| ☐ | Soliciting Material Pursuant to§240.14a-12 |

A. O. Smith Corporation (Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) (Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant) Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box):

| ☒ | No fee required |

| ☐ | Fee paid previously with preliminary materials |

| ☐ | Fee computed on table in exhibit required by Item 25(b) per Exchange Act Rules14a-6(i)(1)and0-11. |

NOTICE OF 2025 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS The 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of A. O. Smith Corporation will be held at the National Association of Manufacturers, 733 10th Street NW, Suite 700, Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) for the following purposes:

| (1) | To elect our Board of Directors; |

| (2) | To approve, by advisory vote, the compensation of our named executive officers; |

| (3) | To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025; |

| (4) | To consider a stockholder proposal, if properly presented at the meeting, requesting a Board report on our hiring practices with respect to formerly incarcerated people; and |

| (5) | To consider and act upon such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting. |

Stockholders of record as of February 18, 2025, are entitled to attend and vote at the Annual Meeting. The list of stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting will be available by appointment at our offices at 11270