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COLUMBUS MCKINNON CORPORATION (NASDAQ:CMCO) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

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July 26, 2018

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COLUMBUS MCKINNON CORPORATION (NASDAQ:CMCO) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
Item 5.02

DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS OF CERTAIN DIRECTORS.

Effective July 23, 2018, Mr. Stephen Rabinowitz retired as director of Columbus McKinnon Corporation (the “Company”). Mr. Rabinowitz served on the Compensation and Succession Committee and Audit Committee of the Board of Directors. Mr. Rabinowitz's retirement from the Board of Directors of the Company was to the Board of Directors General Corporate Governance Policy Term, which states no Director may stand for election after his/her 75th birthday and did not result from any disagreement or dispute with the Company or its management.

On July 23, 2018, Columbus McKinnon (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

At the Annual Meeting, stockholders approved each of management’s proposals, which consisted of: (i) the election of nine (9) directors, each of whom will serve as directors of the Company for terms of one (1) year and until their successors are elected and qualified; (ii) the ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for fiscal year 2019; and (iii) the approval of the advisory vote on executive compensation.

Proposal 1: Election of Directors

The following table reflects the tabulation of the votes with respect to each director who was elected at the Annual Meeting. Each director received a majority vote.

Proposal 2: Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The following table reflects the tabulation of the votes with respect to the ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for fiscal year 2019:

Proposal 3: Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation

The following table reflects the tabulation of the votes with respect to the approval of the advisory vote on executive compensation:

The information contained in this Form 8-K and the Exhibit annexed hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth in such filing.

About COLUMBUS MCKINNON CORPORATION (NASDAQ:CMCO)

Columbus McKinnon Corporation is a global designer, manufacturer and marketer of hoists, actuators, cranes, rigging tools, digital power control systems, and other material handling products serving various commercial and industrial end user markets. The Company’s products include various electric, air-powered, lever, and hand hoists, hoist trolleys, winches, industrial crane systems, such as steel bridge, gantry and jib cranes and aluminum work station cranes; alloy and carbon steel chain; forged attachments, such as hooks, shackles, textile slings, clamps, logging tools and load binders; mechanical and electromechanical actuators and rotary unions; below-the-hook special purpose lifters and tire shredders; power and motion control systems, such as alternate current (AC) and direct current (DC) drive systems, radio remote controls, push button pendant stations, brakes, and collision avoidance and power delivery subsystems.