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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 5, 2024

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code: 440-892-1580

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

At the 2024 Annual Meeting held on March 5, 2024, 52,129,112 shares of the 57,115,502 shares that were outstanding and entitled to vote (91.27%) were represented in person or by proxy and constituted a quorum. The final voting results for each of the proposals submitted to a vote of shareholders at the 2024 Annual Meeting are set forth below.

Proposal 1 – The Company’s shareholders elected Christopher L. Mapes to the Board of Directors to serve until the 2026 annual meeting of shareholders, and Frank M. Jaehnert, Ginger M. Jones, and Milton M. Morris to the Board of Directors, each to serve until the 2027 annual meeting of shareholders and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal. The votes were cast as follows:

Proposal 2 – The Company’s shareholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2024. The votes were cast as follows:

Proposal 3 – The Company’s shareholders approved, on an advisory, non-binding basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as described in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis and the accompanying tabular and narrative disclosure included in the Proxy Statement for the 2024 Annual Meeting. The votes were cast as follows:

At the annual organizational meeting following the 2024 Annual Meeting, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) elected Victor L. Richey, Jr. as chair of the Board effective March 6, 2024.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.