On April 5, 2022, the Company’s counsel provided additional information regarding the scope and timing of the refreshment process, indicating that the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee was available to interview up to four Star Equity candidates with the interviews to occur as soon as possible and preferably no later than April 8, 2022.
On April 8, 2022, Star Equity issued a press release titled “Star Equity Fund Urges Servotronics to Schedule 2022 Annual Meeting.”
On April 11, 2022, Star Equity, through its counsel, offered to make two of Star Equity’s candidates available for interview.
On April 12, 2022, notwithstanding the previously communicated interview timeline for its refreshment process, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee agreed to extend its interview calendar and offered to meet with Star Equity’s two candidates on April 14, 2022.
On April 14, 2022, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee interviewed Hanna Bible and Mark Pomeroy, the two candidates made available by Star Equity.
On April 19, 2022, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee completed its interviews of independent director candidates.
On April 21, 2022, the Company issued a press release announcing the appointment of William F. Farrell, Jr. as Chief Executive Officer of the Company effective April 25, 2022.
On April 22, 2022, culminating the Board refreshment process, the Board, upon the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, appointed three new directors, Chief Executive Officer William F. Farrell, Jr. and independent Directors, Karen L. Howard and Evan H. Wax, effective April 25, 2022. As part of the refreshment process Jason T. Bear, Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, advised the Board that he would be resigning from the Board April 25, 2022. As a result of these changes the size of the Board was increased to seven Directors. The Board has also approved an amendment to the company’s shareholder rights plan to accelerate its expiration date to April 26, 2022, effectively terminating the “poison pill” that had previously been set to expire on October 15, 2022.
On April 27, 2022, the Company contacted Star Equity to notify them of the Board and governance changes and filed a press release later in the day.
The Company filed a preliminary proxy statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on April 29, 2022 and an amended thereto on May 11, 2022 in response to SEC comments.
On May 13, 2022, Star Equity issued a press release titled “Star Equity Fund Issues Statement on Successful Campaign at Servotronics” and failed to file a preliminary proxy statement in connection with a contested election.
On May 16, 2022, the Company filed a definitive proxy statement for an uncontested election.
On May 24, Star Equity issued a press release titled “Star Equity Fund Encourages Servotronics Shareholders to Vote WITHHOLD on the Re-Election of Ed Cosgrove and Lucion Gygax.”
On June 10, 2022, the Company held its annual meeting of shareholders and the six incumbent directors nominated by the Company were elected by the affirmative vote of a plurality of the votes cast. The results of the annual meeting were disclosed in a Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 15, 2022.
On June 23, 2022, Star Equity issued a press release titled “Star Equity Fund Issues Statement on the Results of Servotronics 2022 AGM.”
From July to October 2022 the Company’s leadership team worked on an updated strategic plan designed to increase long-term shareholder value that is focused on strengthening the corporate culture, delivering quality products on time, growing the business in existing and new markets, and investing in the Company and employees.