i11270 West Park Place, iMilwaukee,
iWisconsini53224
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(i414)
i359-4000
(Registrant’s telephone number)
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5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
William P. Gruebel and Paul W. Jones, who are currently members of the Board of Directors of A. O. Smith Corporation (“the Company”), advised the Company that they will retire as members of the Board upon the conclusion of their current terms on April 13, 2021, which the Company disclosed in a news release on March 4, 2021. A copy of the news release is attached as Exhibit
99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.
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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.