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Scott A. King is President and Chief Executive Officer of The Gorman-Rupp Company, having served as a director since 2021. Scott A. King is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. In 2004, he joined Gorman-Rupp Pumps USA as Manufacturing Manager and progressed through multiple positions including Director of Manufacturing, Vice President of Operations, General Manager and Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. King served in various capacities with Fortune 500 diversified industrial manufacturers. He is the past President of the Regional Manufacturing Coalition and a past chairman of the Board of Directors for the Hydraulic Institute.

Ms. Burnell was elected Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary effective March 1, 2022 after previously serving as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary since January 1, 2021. Ms. Burnell previously served as Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary effective March 1, 2018, General Counsel effective May 1, 2015, and as Corporate Secretary effective May 1, 2014. Ms. Burnell previously served as Corporate Counsel effective May 1, 2014. Ms. Burnell joined the Company as Corporate Attorney on January 2, 2014. Prior to 2014, Ms. Burnell served as Corporate Counsel of Red Capital Group from 2011 to 2013 and as an Associate at Jones Day from 2002 to 2011.

On April 23, 2026 M. Ann Harlan stepped down as Lead Independent Director and continues to serve as a member of the Board of Directors. M. Ann Harlan is the retired Vice President and General Counsel of The J.M. Smucker Company, a publicly-traded food manufacturer. From January 1998 to January 2011, Ms. Harlan was a member of the Smucker executive management team responsible for setting and implementing corporate strategy and has broad experience with corporate governance issues and requirements of the NYSE, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. In addition, from 2010 until 2023, Ms. Harlan served on the Board of University Hospitals Health System, Inc. From 2012 until 2019, she was a member of the Advisory Board of Gates Group Capital Partners. From 2010 until its sale to Archer Daniels Midland in 2015, Ms. Harlan was also a Director of Eatem Foods Company. Ms. Harlan also previously served on the Board of Directors of privately held FlavorX Corporation and on the Board of Directors of Cleveland Cliffs Inc., a NYSE listed steel and mining company. Ms. Harlan has 13 years of experience as senior legal counsel at Smucker, which has significant family ownership and family senior management generally comparable to the ownership structure of the Company.

Vincent K. Petrella is an Independent Director of The Gorman-Rupp Company, having served as a director since 2020. Vincent K. Petrella is the retired Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. -- a role he held from 2004 to 2020. He held prior roles within the finance and internal audit functions at Lincoln Electric from 1995 through 2003 and began his career at an international public accounting firm. Lincoln Electric engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of welding, cutting, and brazing products worldwide. Mr. Petrella is currently a Director of Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc., a publicly-traded value-added distributor of industrial supplies, and Sotera Health Company, a publicly-traded healthcare supplier. Mr. Petrella qualifies as an audit committee financial expert under SEC rules with his extensive experience in public accounting and financial reporting responsibilities.

On April 23, 2026 following the Annual Meeting, the independent Directors serving on the Board of Directors of the Company appointed Donald H. Bullock, Jr. as Lead Independent Director. Donald H. Bullock, Jr. is an Independent Director of The Gorman-Rupp Company, having served as a director since 2020. Donald H. Bullock Jr. is the retired Senior Vice President of Investor Relations of Eaton Corporation, a New York publicly-traded diversified industrial manufacturer that provides energy-efficient solutions to help customers manage electrical and mechanical power. Mr. Bullock worked for Eaton in various global business management, information technology and finance roles from 1998 until his retirement in 2019, previously serving as Vice President and General Manager, General Products Divisions from 2006 to 2011; Corporate Vice President, Asia Pacific from 2003 to 2006; Chief Information Officer and Vice President, Information Technology from 2000 to 2003 and Director, Finance from 1998 to 2000. Prior to joining Eaton, Mr. Bullock was employed by the Index Group, a general management consulting firm. Mr. Bullock is a senior executive with over 20 years of experience and qualifies as an audit committee financial expert under SEC rules.

Christopher H. Lake is an Independent Director of The Gorman-Rupp Company, having served as a director since 2000. Christopher H. Lake was President and Chief Operating Officer of SRI Quality System Registrar, an international third-party management system registrar and certification audit firm, from January 2006 until its sale in 2023, after having served as Vice President of Sales from February to December 2005. The firm had operations in the United States, Asia and the European Union. Mr. Lake led a regional consulting group that focused on operations and organizational development from 2001 through 2004 for banking, communications, and consumer product companies. Prior to 2001, Mr. Lake was also Principal and Industry Executive for two Fortune 500 companies.

Kenneth R. Reynolds is an Independent Director of The Gorman-Rupp Company, having served as a director since 2014. Kenneth R. Reynolds serves on the Board of Directors of Ariel Corporation and, in 2020 retired from being Ariel's Executive Vice President and Treasurer. He previously served as its Chief Financial Officer from 1997 to 2016. Ariel has been a major designer and manufacturer of a wide variety of compressors for diverse global petroleum markets for over 50 years. Its compressors are in service worldwide in refineries, gas fields, pipeline service and gas gathering, making it a world leader in gas compression. Previously, Mr. Reynolds, a Certified Public Accountant, was a partner with a regional public accounting firm which he joined following his college graduation. Mr. Reynolds has over 30 years of financial systems management and reporting experience and qualifies as an audit committee financial expert under SEC rules.

Mr. Stoops joined Gorman-Rupp in 2020 as Director of Financial Reporting, and has served as Vice President of Finance since January 2025. During the past six years, Mr. Stoops has been involved in the Company's financial reporting, tax compliance, external reporting, strategic planning, and investor relations efforts. Prior to joining Gorman-Rupp, he held financial positions with a publicly held global manufacturing company and started his career with the audit practice of KPMG. He has a B.S. in Business Administration, with a specialization in Accounting and Finance, from The Ohio State University, Fisher College of Business.

Pamela A. Heminger is an Independent Director of The Gorman-Rupp Company, having served as a director since 2025. Ms. Pamela Heminger is a senior vice president of Caterpillar Inc., a NYSE publicly traded leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. As a member of Caterpillar's Operating Council, Ms. Heminger has responsibility for the Strategic Procurement & Planning Division, where she leads a team responsible for designing, developing, and connecting world-class capabilities to create value across the entire ecosystem, from the supply base through the manufacturing process, ensuring dealer and customer success. Prior to joining Caterpillar in 2020, she spent 24 years in a variety of procurement and business operations roles at Honda Motor Company, a NYSE publicly traded global automotive manufacturer, including vice president of Honda North America Purchasing. Ms. Heminger also held various supply chain and materials management roles with Lennox International, a NYSE publicly traded designer, manufacturer, and marketer of products to support the heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration markets.