# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001005229
**File Stem:** 0001140361-26-026587
**Filing Date:** 2026-6
**Character Count:** 4843
**Document Hash:** e46e7e86d0a5395cb46128fb14e98640
**Contains OCR:** False
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001140361-26-026587.hdr.sgml**: 20260626

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001140361-26-026587

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: DEFA14A

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 3

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260626

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260626

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** COLUMBUS MCKINNON CORP
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001005229
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY & EQUIP [3531]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 06 Technology
- **EIN:** 160547600
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** NY
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 0331

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** DEFA14A
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-34362
- **FILM NUMBER:** 261130095

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 13320 BALLANTYNE CORPORATE PLACE
- **STREET 2:** SUITE D
- **CITY:** CHARLOTTE
- **STATE:** NC
- **ZIP:** 28277
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 7166895400

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 13320 BALLANTYNE CORPORATE PLACE
- **STREET 2:** SUITE D
- **CITY:** CHARLOTTE
- **STATE:** NC
- **ZIP:** 28277

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### UNITED STATES

### SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

#### Washington, D.C. 20549

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### SCHEDULE 14A

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#### Securities Exchange Act of 1934

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\*Please check the meeting materials for any special requirements for meeting attendance. Smartphone users Point your camera here and vote without entering a control number Your Vote Counts! For complete information and to vote, visit www.ProxyVote.com Control # T01756-P52606 Vote Virtually at the Meeting\* August 14, 2026 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time Virtually at: www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/CMCO2026 COLUMBUS MCKINNON CORPORATION 2026 Annual Meeting Vote by August 13, 2026 11:59 PM ET You invested in COLUMBUS MCKINNON CORPORATION and it's time to vote! You have the right to vote on proposals being presented at the Annual Meeting. This is an important notice regarding the availability of proxy materials for the shareholder meeting to be held on August 14, 2026. Get informed before you vote View the Proxy Statement and 2026 Annual Report to Shareholders online OR you can receive a free paper or email copy of the material(s) by requesting prior to July 31, 2026. If you would like to request a copy of the material(s) for this and/or future shareholder meetings, you may (1) visit www.ProxyVote.com, (2) call 1-800-579-1639 or (3) send an email to sendmaterial@proxyvote.com. If sending an email, please include your control number (indicated below) in the subject line. Unless requested, you will not otherwise receive a paper or email copy.

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THIS IS NOT A VOTABLE BALLOT This is an overview of the proposals being presented at the upcoming shareholder meeting. Please follow the instructions on the reverse side to vote these important matters. Vote at www.ProxyVote.com T01757-P52606 1. Election of Directors Nominees: 1a. Chad R. Abraham For 1b. Aziz S. Aghili For 1c. Jeanne Beliveau-Dunn For 1d. Kathryn V. Bohl For 1e. Andrew Campelli For 1f. Gerald G. Colella For 1g. Michael Dastoor For 1h. Michael Lamach For 1i. Nathan K. Sleeper For 1j. Chris J. Stephens, Jr. For 1k. David J. Wilson For 1l. Rebecca Yeung For 2. To approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of our Named Executive Officers For 3. To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2027 For 4. To approve an amendment to the Columbus McKinnon Corporation Second Amended and Restated 2016 Long Term Incentive Plan (the "Second A&R 2016 LTIP") to increase the number of authorized shares available for issuance under the Second A&R 2016 LTIP For NOTE: Such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof. Voting Items Board Recommends COLUMBUS MCKINNON CORPORATION 2026 Annual Meeting Vote by August 13, 2026 11:59 PM ET

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