UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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| Delaware | ||||
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| ITEM 5.03. | Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year. |
On May 26, 2022, Crane Co. (the “Company”) filed a Certificate of Amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificate of Amendment”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, which became effective upon filing, pursuant to which the Company officially changed its name from “Crane Co.” to “Redco Corporation”. The “Crane Co.” name has been reserved for future use by the Company’s parent corporation, Crane Holdings, Co.
The foregoing description is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Certificate of Amendment and Certificate of Incorporation, copies of which are filed as Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2, respectively, hereto and incorporated into this Item 5.03 by reference.
| ITEM 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits
| 3.1 | Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, dated as of May 26, 2022 | |
| 3.2 | Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, dated as of May 17, 2022 | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) | |
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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.
| REDCO CORPORATION | ||||||
| May 26, 2022 | ||||||
| By: | /s/ Anthony M. D’Iorio | |||||
| Name: | Anthony M. D’Iorio | |||||
| Title: | Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | |||||
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Exhibit 3.1
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
TO THE
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
CRANE CO.
Pursuant to Section 242 of the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
May 26, 2022
Crane Co., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter called the “Corporation”), does hereby certify as follows:
FIRST: Article FIRST of the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation is hereby amended to read in its entirety as set forth below:
FIRST: The name of the corporation is Redco Corporation (hereinafter the “Corporation”).
SECOND: The foregoing amendment was duly adopted in accordance with Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate of Amendment as of the date first set forth above.
| CRANE CO. | ||
| By: | /s/ Anthony M. D’Iorio | |
| Name: | Anthony M. D’Iorio | |
| Title: | Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | |
[Signature Page to Certificate of Amendment to the
Certificate of Incorporation of Crane Co.]
Exhibit 3.2
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
CRANE CO.
May 17, 2022
FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Crane Co. (the “Corporation”).
SECOND: The address of the registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, County of New Castle, 19801. The name of its registered agent at that address is The Corporation Trust Company.
THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which a corporation may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware as set forth in Title 8 of the Delaware Code (the “GCL”).
FOURTH: The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is one thousand (1,000) shares of Common Stock, each having a par value of one cent ($0.01) per share.
FIFTH: The name and mailing address of the Sole Incorporator is as follows:
| Name |
Address | |
| Anthony M. D’Iorio |
100 First Stamford Place Stamford, CT 06902 |
SIXTH: The following provisions are inserted for the management of the business and the conduct of the affairs of the Corporation, and for further definition, limitation and regulation of the powers of the Corporation and of its directors and stockholders:
| (1) | The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors. |
| (2) | The directors shall have concurrent power with the stockholders to make, alter, amend, change, add to or repeal the by-laws of the Corporation (the “By-laws”). |
| (3) | The number of directors of the Corporation shall be as from time to time fixed by, or in the manner provided in, the By-laws. Election of directors need not be by written ballot unless the By-laws so provide. |
| (4) | No director shall be personally liable to the Corporation or any of its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) pursuant to Section 174 of the GCL or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. Any repeal or modification of this Article SIXTH by the stockholders of the Corporation shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification with respect to acts or omissions occurring prior to such repeal or modification. |
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| (5) | In addition to the powers and authority hereinbefore or by statute expressly conferred upon them, the directors are hereby empowered to exercise all such powers and do all such acts and things as may be exercised or done by the Corporation, subject, nevertheless, to the provisions of the GCL, this Certificate of Incorporation, and any By-laws adopted by the stockholders; provided, however, that no By-laws hereafter adopted by the stockholders shall invalidate any prior act of the directors which would have been valid if such By-laws had not been adopted. |
SEVENTH: Meetings of stockholders may be held within or without the State of Delaware, as the By-laws may provide. The books of the Corporation may be kept (subject to any provision contained in the GCL) outside the State of Delaware at such place or places as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors or in the By-laws.
EIGHTH: The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred upon stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation.
[Signature page follows]
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I, THE UNDERSIGNED, being the Sole Incorporator hereinbefore named, for the purpose of forming a corporation pursuant to the GCL, do make this Certificate, hereby declaring and certifying that this is my act and deed and the facts herein stated are true, and accordingly have hereunto set my hand as of the date first set forth above.
| /s/ Anthony M. D’Iorio |
| Anthony M. D’Iorio |
| Sole Incorporator |
[Signature Page to the Certificate of Incorporation of Crane Co.]
Document and Entity Information |
May 26, 2022 |
|---|---|
| Cover [Abstract] | |
| Entity Registrant Name | CRANE CO /DE/ |
| Entity Incorporation State Country Code | DE |
| Entity Address, State or Province | CT |
| Security 12b Title | Common Stock, par value $1.00 |
| Trading Symbol | CR |
| Security Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Amendment Flag | false |
| Entity Central Index Key | 0000025445 |
| Current Fiscal Year End Date | --12-31 |
| Document Type | 8-K |
| Document Period End Date | May 26, 2022 |
| Entity File Number | 1-1657 |
| Entity Tax Identification Number | 13-1952290 |
| Entity Address, Address Line One | 100 First Stamford Place |
| Entity Address, City or Town | Stamford |
| Entity Address, Postal Zip Code | 06902 |
| City Area Code | 203 |
| Local Phone Number | 363-7300 |
| Entity Information, Former Legal or Registered Name | Crane Co. |
| Written Communications | false |
| Soliciting Material | false |
| Pre Commencement Tender Offer | false |
| Pre Commencement Issuer Tender Offer | false |
| Entity Emerging Growth Company | false |