Form 8-K
8-K — AAR CORP
Accession: 0001104659-26-110332
Filed: 2026-09-24
Period: 2026-09-23
CIK: 0000001750
SIC: 3720 (AIRCRAFT & PARTS)
Item: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
Item: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
Item: Financial Statements and Exhibits
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Common Stock, $1.00 par value
AIR
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13
or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):
September 23, 2026
AAR
CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its
charter)
Delaware
1-6263
36-2334820
(State of Incorporation )
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
One AAR Place
1100 N. Wood Dale Road
Wood Dale, Illinois 60191
(Address and Zip Code of Principal Executive Offices)
Registrant’s telephone number, including
area code: (630) 227-2000
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since
last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K
filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities
Act (17 CFR 230.425)
¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange
Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under
the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under
the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of Each Class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of Each Exchange on Which
Registered
Common
Stock, $1.00 par value
AIR
New
York Stock Exchange
NYSE Texas
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth
company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b—2 of this chapter).
Emerging
growth company ¨
If
an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying
with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨
Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of
Certain Officers.
As
described in Item 5.07 below, on September 23, 2026, at the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of
AAR CORP. (the “Company”), the stockholders of the Company approved the AAR CORP. 2026
Stock Plan (referred to as “our new stock plan”), which provides for discretionary grants of stock options, stock awards,
stock unit awards, stock appreciation rights and other stock-based and cash-based awards to employees, non-employee directors and certain
other eligible service providers. Our new stock plan was previously approved by the Company’s Board of Directors and is more fully
described in the related proposal in the Company’s Proxy Statement filed on August 4, 2026.
The
foregoing description of our new stock plan is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of our new stock plan, which is
filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On September 23, 2026, the
Company held its Annual Meeting. At the Annual Meeting, 37,391,244 shares of common stock, par value
$1.00 per share, or approximately 93% of the 40,258,840 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled
to vote at the Annual Meeting, were present in person or by proxy. Set forth below are the matters acted upon by the Company’s stockholders
at the Annual Meeting, as such matters are more fully described in the Company’s Proxy Statement filed on August 4, 2026, and the
final voting results on each such matter.
Proposal 1:
Election of Directors.
The stockholders elected each
of the Company’s Class III director nominees to the Board of Directors for a three-year term expiring at the 2029 annual meeting
of stockholders, as reflected in the following voting results:
Name of Nominee
For
Against
Abstain
Broker
Non-Vote
John W. Dietrich
34,722,656
1,071,178
12,433
1,584,977
Robert F. Leduc
34,715,647
1,078,327
12,293
1,584,977
Peter Pace
33,584,745
2,209,353
12,169
1,584,977
The continuing directors of the Company are Michael
R. Boyce, Jeffrey N. Edwards, John M. Holmes, Ellen M. Lord, Billy J. Nolen, Jennifer L. Vogel, Marc J. Walfish, and Hema Widhani.
Proposal 2:
Advisory Proposal to Approve our Fiscal
Year 2026 Executive Compensation.
The stockholders approved
the advisory proposal for our Fiscal Year 2026 executive compensation, as reflected in the following voting results:
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Vote
34,285,245
1,475,837
45,185
1,584,977
Proposal 3:
Approval of our New Stock Plan.
The stockholders approved
our new stock plan, as reflected in the following voting results:
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Vote
33,805,637
1,984,579
16,051
1,584,977
2
Proposal 4:
Ratification of Appointment of Independent
Registered Public Accounting Firm.
The stockholders ratified
the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending May 31, 2027,
as reflected in the following voting results:
For
Against
Abstain
36,470,764
905,880
14,600
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit No.
Description
10.1
AAR CORP. 2026 Stock Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix C to the Company’s Proxy Statement filed on August 4, 2026)
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SIGNATURE
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.
Date: September 24, 2026
AAR CORP.
By:
/s/ Jessica A. Garascia
Jessica A. Garascia
Senior Vice President, General Counsel,
Chief Administrative Officer and Secretary
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