0000025445-19-000004.txt : 20190129 0000025445-19-000004.hdr.sgml : 20190129 20190129191156 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000025445-19-000004 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20190125 FILED AS OF DATE: 20190129 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20190129 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Lavish James A. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001664570 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-01657 FILM NUMBER: 19549981 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 FIRST STAMFORD PLACE CITY: STAMFORD STATE: CT ZIP: 06902 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CRANE CO /DE/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000025445 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MISCELLANEOUS FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS [3490] IRS NUMBER: 131952290 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: CRANE CO. STREET 2: 100 FIRST STAMFORD PLACE CITY: STAMFORD STATE: CT ZIP: 06902 BUSINESS PHONE: 203-363-7300 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: CRANE CO. STREET 2: 100 FIRST STAMFORD PLACE CITY: STAMFORD STATE: CT ZIP: 06902 4 1 wf-form4_154880709954413.xml FORM 4 X0306 4 2019-01-25 0 0000025445 CRANE CO /DE/ CR 0001664570 Lavish James A. 100 FIRST STAMFORD PLACE STAMFORD CT 06902-6784 0 1 0 0 VP, CBS, People & Performance CRANE CO. COMMON, PAR VALUE $1.00 2019-01-25 4 M 0 344 0 A 15252 D CRANE CO. COMMON, PAR VALUE $1.00 2019-01-25 4 F 0 125 79.37 D 15127 D CRANE CO. COMMON, PAR VALUE $1.00 2019-01-26 4 M 0 193 0 A 15320 D CRANE CO. COMMON, PAR VALUE $1.00 2019-01-26 4 F 0 70 79.14 D 15250 D CRANE CO. COMMON, PAR VALUE $1.00 38 I 401(K) Restricted Share Unit 2019-01-25 4 M 0 344 0 D CRANE CO. COMMON, PAR VALUE $1.00 344.0 1844 D Restricted Share Unit 2019-01-26 4 M 0 193 0 D CRANE CO. COMMON, PAR VALUE $1.00 193.0 1651 D On January 25, 2019, 344 Restricted Share Units, each of which represent the right to receive one share of Crane Co. Common Stock, previously reported as beneficially owned by the reporting person, vested due to the passage of time, and 125 shares were withheld to pay taxes on the resulting gain, resulting in a net issuance of 219 shares of Crane Co. Common Stock. On January 26, 2019, 193 Restricted Share Units, each of which represent the right to receive one share of Crane Co. Common Stock, previously reported as beneficially owned by the reporting person, vested due to the passage of time, and 70 shares were withheld to pay taxes on the resulting gain, resulting in a net issuance of 123 shares of Crane Co. Common Stock. 25% of the Restricted Share Units granted will be converted into shares of Common Stock on each of the first, second, third and fourth anniversaries of the grant date (January 25, 2016), provided the recipient remains employed by the Company, or retires after age 65, or after age 62 with ten years of service; all Restricted Share Units will be converted into shares of Common Stock upon death or permanent disability, or if employment is involuntarily terminated within two years after a change in control of the Company. A Restricted Share Unit is forfeited if the recipient resigns, or employment is terminated, before it has been converted to Common Stock. 25% of the Restricted Share Units granted will be converted into shares of Common Stock on each of the first, second, third and fourth anniversaries of the grant date (January 26, 2015), provided the recipient remains employed by the Company, or retires after age 65, or after age 62 with ten years of service; all Restricted Share Units will be converted into shares of Common Stock upon death or permanent disability, or if employment is involuntarily terminated within two years after a change in control of the Company. Power of Attorney and Confirming Statement attached. Attorney In Fact, Alishba Kassim 2019-01-29 EX-24 2 poalavish7-18.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY AND CONFIRMING STATEMENT

POWER OF ATTORNEY

    Know all by these, presents that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Anthony M. D'Iorio, Alishba Kassim and Richard Rosier, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)    execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Crane Co. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 (including any amendments thereto) in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(2)    do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Forms 3, 4 and 5 (including any amendments thereto) and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and  any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3)    take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

    The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The undersigned hereby agrees to indemnify the attorney-in-fact and the Company from and against any demand, damage, loss, cost or expense arising from any false or misleading information provided by the undersigned to the attorney-in-fact.

    The Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 (including any amendments) thereto with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact. This Power of Attorney supersedes any prior power of attorney in connection with the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of the Company. This Power of Attorney shall expire as to any individual attorney-in-fact if such attorney-in-fact ceases to be an executive officer of the Company

    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 27th day of July 2018.




                              /s/James A. Lavish
                        James A. Lavish


















CONFIRMING STATEMENT


    The Statement confirms that the undersigned, James A. Lavish, has authorized and designated Anthony M. D'Iorio, Alishba Kassim and Richard Rosier, acting singly, to execute and file on behalf of the undersigned all Forms 3, 4 and 5 (including any amendments thereto) that the undersigned may be required to file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as a result of the undersigned's ownership of or transactions in securities of Crane Co.  The authority of Anthony M. D'Iorio, Alishba Kassim and Richard Rosier under this Statement shall continue until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 (including any amendments thereto) with regard to the undersigned's ownership of or transactions in securities of Crane Co., unless earlier revoked in writing.  The undersigned acknowledges that Anthony M. D'Iorio, Alishba Kassim and Richard Rosier are not assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.




                        /s/James A. Lavish
                        James A. Lavish

Date:   July 27, 2018