Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

The annual meeting of the shareholders of The Gorman-Rupp Company (the "Company") was held on April 27, 2023 virtually via webcast ( the "Annual Meeting"). As of the record date, there were a total of 26,178,250 shares of Common Stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. At the Annual Meeting, 20,634,526 shares of Common Stock were represented in person or by proxy; therefore, a quorum was present. Set forth below are the matters acted upon by the Company's shareholders at the Annual Meeting and the final voting results on each such matter.



1.  Fix the number of Directors of the Company at nine and to elect nine
    Directors to hold office until the next Annual Meeting of Shareholders and
    until their successors are elected and qualified. The voting results were as
    follows:



         Name               For       Withheld   Broker Non-Votes
Donald H. Bullock, Jr.   18,150,997    394,713          2,088,816
Jeffrey S. Gorman        18,365,119    180,591          2,088,816
M. Ann Harlan            18,379,761    165,949          2,088,816
Scott A. King            18,432,257    113,453          2,088,816
Christopher H. Lake      18,370,725    174,985          2,088,816
Sonja K. McClelland      18,422,159    123,551          2,088,816
Vincent K. Petrella      18,221,699    324,011          2,088,816
Kenneth R. Reynolds      18,414,822    130,888          2,088,816
Charmaine R. Riggins     18,452,940     92,770          2,088,816

2. Approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named


    Executive Officers. The voting results were as follows:



   For        Against    Abstain   Broker Non-Votes
17,212,634   1,250,337   82,739       2,088,816



3.  Approve, on an advisory basis, the frequency of future advisory votes on the
    compensation of the Company's named Executive Officers; The voting results
    were as follows:



Every Year   Every 2 Years   Every 3 Years   Abstain   Broker Non-Votes
17,203,238      17,726         1,282,483     42,263       2,088,816

The Company has determined that the advisory vote on the compensation of the Company's named Executive Officers will be held every year until the next vote on the frequency of such advisory votes.

4. Ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered public


    accountants for the Company during the year ending December 31, 2023. The
    voting results were as follows:



   For       Against   Abstain
20,167,484   342,307   124,735

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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

On April 28, 2023, the Company issued a press release announcing the election of a new independent director. The press release is furnished as Exhibit 99 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits





  (d) Exhibits



Exhibit

(99)         News Release dated April 28, 2023

(104)      Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

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