Item 3. Legal Proceedings
Item 3. Legal Proceedings
Our Company is engaged in routine litigation, administrative proceedings and regulatory reviews incident to our business. It is not possible to predict with certainty the outcome of these unresolved matters, but management believes that they will not have a material effect upon our operations or consolidated financial position.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
Not applicable.
Information About Our Executive Officers
The following are all the executive officers of Graco Inc. as of February 20, 2024:
Mark W. Sheahan, 59, became President and Chief Executive Officer in June 2021. From June 2018 to June 2021, he served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. He was Vice President and General Manager, Applied Fluid Technologies Division from February 2008 to June 2018. He served as Chief Administrative Officer from September 2005 to February 2008, and was Vice President and Treasurer from December 1998 to September 2005. Prior to becoming Treasurer in December 1996, he was Manager, Treasury Services. Mr. Sheahan joined the Company in 1995.
Ronita Banerjee, 46, became Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer in May 2023. Before joining Graco, Ms. Banerjee was Global Human Resources Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, a provider of nuclear products and services to utilities globally, from May 2019 to April 2023. From December 2017 to May 2019, she served as Global Human Resources Vice President, Building Solutions, and Global Human Resources Director, at Honeywell Inc., a diversified technology and manufacturing company, prior to which she served as Global Human Resources Director from April 2015 to December 2017. Prior to her time at Honeywell, Ms. Banerjee was Senior Human Resources Manager at General Mills, Inc., a global manufacturer and marketer of branded consumer foods, from May 2007 to March 2015, and Compensation Consultant and Staffing Specialist at Dell Technologies Inc., from October 2003 to May 2005 and March 2003 to September 2003, respectively. Ms. Banerjee joined the Company in May 2023.
Caroline M. Chambers, 59, became President, EMEA in August 2020. From August 2020 to January 2022, she also held the additional role of Executive Vice President, Information Systems. From June 2018 to August 2020, she served as Executive Vice President, Corporate Controller and Information Systems. She also served as the Company’s principal accounting officer from September 2007 to August 2020. She was Vice President, Corporate Controller and Information Systems from December 2013 to June 2018. From April 2009 to December 2013, she was Vice President and Corporate Controller. She served as Vice President and Controller from December 2006 to April 2009. She was Corporate Controller from October 2005 to December 2006 and Director of Information Systems from July 2003 through September 2005. Prior to becoming Director of Information Systems, she held various management positions in the internal audit and accounting departments. Prior to joining Graco, she was an auditor with Deloitte & Touche in Minneapolis, Minnesota and Paris, France. Ms. Chambers joined the Company in 1992.
Laura L. Evanson, 43, became Executive Vice President, Marketing in January 2023. From September 2021 to December 2022, she served as Vice President of Marketing for the Lubrication Equipment Division and Vice President of Marketing for South and Central America. From July 2017 to September 2021, she served as the Director of Marketing for the Lubrication Equipment Division. From December 2015 to July 2017 she served as a Senior Global Marketing Manager for the Lubrication Equipment Division. From 2010 to December 2015, she was a Senior Global Product Marketing Manager for the Lubrication Equipment Division. Prior to that, she worked in various product marketing and channel marketing roles for the Lubrication Equipment Division and Industrial Products Division. Ms. Evanson joined the Company in 2008.
Anthony J. Gargano, 53, became President, Asia Pacific in July 2021. From October 2020 to July 2021, he was Vice President of Sales and Marketing for the Advanced Fluid Dispense business segment in Asia Pacific. He served as Vice President of Sales and Marketing for the global High Performance Coatings and Foams business segment from September 2018 to October 2020. From January 2017 to December 2018, he served as President of Global Automotive. He served as Director of Sales and Marketing for the Applied Fluid Technologies Division in Asia Pacific from February 2012 to January 2017. From June 2008 to February 2012, he was Director of Sales and Marketing for the PMG business
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in the Lubrication Equipment Division. Prior to becoming Director of Sales and Marketing for the PMG business in the Lubrication Equipment Division, he held various product and sales management positions. Mr. Gargano joined the Company in 2005.
Inge Grasdal, 53, became Executive Vice President, Corporate Development in January 2022. Prior to joining Graco, he was Vice President Corporate Development at Ecolab Inc., a global provider of water, hygiene and infection prevention solutions and services, from November 2018 to January 2022. Prior to joining Ecolab, he was Senior Director Corporate Development at 3M Company, a diversified global technology company, from 2012 to October 2018. From 2007 to 2012, he was Vice President Investment Banking at Piper Jaffray & Co. Prior to joining Piper Jaffray, he held various roles in finance, consulting and engineering, including most recently as Director of Finance – Analytics at United Health Group from 2003 to 2007. Mr. Grasdal joined the Company in January 2022.
Joseph J. Humke, 53, became Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary in July 2021. Before joining Graco, he was an equity partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity practice groups at Ballard Spahr LLP and Lindquist & Vennum LLP (which combined in January 2018) from 2004 to June 2021, and an associate from 2001 to 2003. Prior to joining Lindquist & Vennum, he worked as an associate in the Corporate & Securities practice group of Mayer Brown LLP in Chicago from 1998 to 2001, and served as a law clerk to the Honorable John L. Coffey on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit from 1997 to 1998. Mr. Humke joined the Company in July 2021.
Dale D. Johnson, 69, became Chief Commercial Development Officer in January 2024, prior to which he was President, Worldwide Contractor Equipment Division, from February 2017 to December 2023. From April 2001 through January 2017, he served as Vice President and General Manager, Contractor Equipment Division. From January 2000 through March 2001, he served as President and Chief Operating Officer. From December 1996 to January 2000, he was Vice President, Contractor Equipment Division. Prior to becoming Director of Marketing, Contractor Equipment Division in June 1996, he held various marketing and sales positions in the Contractor Equipment Division and the Industrial Equipment Division. Mr. Johnson joined the Company in 1976.
Christopher D. Knutson, 46, became Executive Vice President, Corporate Controller in May 2023. He has served as the Company’s principal accounting officer since May 2023. From April 2020 to May 2023, he was Director of Corporate Treasury and Investor Relations, and from July 2017 to April 2020, was Director of Corporate Treasury and Regional Controller, South and Central America. From May 2016 to July 2017, he was Vice President of Finance at United Skin Specialists, after which he returned to Graco. From June 2010 to May 2016, he served in several Controller roles at Graco, including in the Applied Fluid Technologies Division, the Asia Pacific region, and the Lubrication Equipment Division, and from August 2008 to August 2010 was Internal Audit Manager. Prior to joining Graco, Mr. Knutson worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers for seven years within their audit practice. He joined the Company in 2008.
David M. Lowe, 68, became Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer in June 2021. From April 2020 to June 2021, he served as President, Worldwide Process Division. He was President, Worldwide Industrial Products Division from June 2018 to April 2020. From April 2012 to June 2018, he was Executive Vice President, Industrial Products Division. From February 2005 to April 2012, he was Vice President and General Manager, Industrial Products Division. He was Vice President and General Manager, European Operations from September 1999 to February 2005. Prior to becoming Vice President, Lubrication Equipment Division in December 1996, he was Treasurer. Mr. Lowe joined the Company in 1995.
Claudio Merengo, 54, became President, Worldwide Gema in 2007, his title having been changed to President, Worldwide Powder Division in February 2024. During this time, he also served as Group President, ITW Finishing from 2010 to 2012 and Group President, ITW Dynatec from 2008 to 2009. From 2004 to 2007, he was President, Gema Europe. From 1999 to 2004, he was Managing Director, Gema Italy. From 1994 to 1999, he held different positions in R&D, Sales and After Sales for Gema. Gema has been part of Graco since the acquisition of the ITW Finishing Group in 2012. Mr. Merengo joined Gema in 1994.
Peter J. O’Shea, 59, became President, Worldwide Lubrication Equipment Division, and President, South and Central America in January 2022. From July 2021 to January 2022, he was President, Worldwide Industrial Products Division, and President, South and Central America. From April 2020 to January 2022, he was President, Worldwide Lubrication Equipment Division. He was Vice President and General Manager, Lubrication Equipment Division from January 2016 to June 2018. From January 2013 to December 2015, he was Vice President and General Manager, Asia Pacific. From January 2012 to December 2012, he was Director of Sales and Marketing, Industrial Products Division, and from 2008 to January 2012, he was Director of Sales and Marketing, Industrial Products Division and Applied Fluid Technologies Division. He was Country Manager, Australia - New Zealand from 2005 to 2008, and from 2002 to 2005 he served as Business Development Manager, Australia - New Zealand. Prior to becoming Business Development Manager, Australia - New Zealand, he worked in various Graco sales management positions. Mr. O’Shea joined the Company in 1995.
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Christian E. Rothe, 50, became President, Worldwide Industrial Division in January 2022. From June 2018 to January 2022, he was President, Worldwide Applied Fluid Technologies Division. He was Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer from September 2015 to June 2018. From June 2011 through August 2015, he was Vice President and Treasurer. Prior to joining Graco, he held various positions in business development, accounting and finance, including, most recently, at Gardner Denver, Inc. as Vice President, Treasurer from January 2011 to June 2011, Vice President - Finance, Industrial Products Group from October 2008 to January 2011, and Director, Strategic Planning and Development from October 2006 to October 2008. Mr. Rothe joined the Company in 2011.
Kathryn L. Schoenrock, 46, became Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer in May 2023, her title having been changed to Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer in February 2024. From January 2022 to April 2023, she was Executive Vice President, Corporate Controller and Information Systems, and from August 2020 to January 2022, she was Executive Vice President, Corporate Controller. She also served as the Company’s principal accounting officer from August 2020 to April 2023. From December 2018 to August 2020, she served as Director of Corporate Finance. She served as Director of Financial Reporting from August 2012 to December 2018. Prior to joining Graco, she served as a Senior Manager in the audit practice of Deloitte & Touche LLP from 2008 to 2012, and held various positions in the audit practice of Deloitte & Touche LLP from 2002 to 2008 and in the audit practice of Arthur Andersen LLP from 2000 to 2002. Ms. Schoenrock joined the Company in 2012.
David J. Thompson, 56, became President, Worldwide Contractor Equipment Division in January 2024. From December 2021 to December 2023, he was Vice President of Engineering, Worldwide Contractor Equipment Division, and from 2007 to December 2021, he was Director of Engineering, Worldwide Contract Equipment Division. Prior to 2007, he held various engineering-related positions within the Contractor Equipment Division. Mr. Thompson joined the Company in 1988.
Timothy R. White, 54, became President, Worldwide Process Division, in June 2021. From August 2020 to June 2021, he served as President, White Knight and QED Environmental Systems. From December 2018 to August 2020, he served as President, EMEA. From August 2015 to December 2018, he was President of Q.E.D. Environmental Systems, Inc., a Graco subsidiary. He served as Director of Sales and Marketing, Applied Fluid Technologies Division, from April 2012 to August 2015. From May 2011 to April 2012, he was North American Sales Manager, Applied Fluid Technologies Division. From January 2008 to April 2011, he was Operations Director, Contractor Equipment Division. Prior to January 2008, he held various manufacturing management positions. Mr. White joined the Company in 1992.
Angela F. Wordell, 52, became Executive Vice President, Operations, in January 2022. From April 2020 to January 2022, she was Executive Vice President, Operations, and President, Worldwide Oil & Natural Gas Division. From December 2018 to April 2020, she was Executive Vice President, Operations. From April 2017 to December 2018, she was Purchasing Director. From January 2017 to April 2017, she served as Strategic Sourcing Director. From March 2010 to January 2017, she was Operations Director, Industrial Products Division and China Factory. From February 2008 to March 2010, she was Operations Manager, Industrial Products Division. Prior to February 2008, she held various manufacturing management and engineering positions. Ms. Wordell joined the Company in 1993.
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