DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 22, 2020-- Flowserve Corp. (NYSE: FLS), a leading provider of flow control products and services for the global infrastructure markets, held its 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders today virtually in order to protect the health and safety of its shareholders, employees, directors and communities amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

Joe Harlan and Rick Mills concluded their service as members of the Board of Directors effective after the annual meeting. "I want to thank both Joe and Rick for their many years of service to Flowserve and our shareholders," said Scott Rowe, Flowserve President and Chief Executive Officer. "We have transformed the organization during their time on the board and both have leveraged their leadership and operational experience to support our efforts."

Concerning the official business of the meeting, the company announced that its shareholders re-elected, Roger L. Fix, Sujeet Chand, Ruby R. Chandy, Gayla J. Delly, John R. Friedery, John L. Garrison, Michael C. McMurray, David E. Roberts and Scott Rowe to the company's Board of Directors, each to serve an annual term expiring at the 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

Biographies for all members of the Board of Directors can be found in the company's 2020 Proxy Statement or on www.flowserve.com.

Voting results indicate that shareholders approved an advisory vote on executive compensation, voting approximately 95 percent in favor of the proposal.

Additionally, shareholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2020 and approved amendments to the Company's Certificate of Incorporation to allow shareholder action by less than unanimous written consent.

In addition, shareholders rejected a shareholder proposal requesting that the Company amend its By-Laws to permit an advisory vote for amendments to the Company’s organizational documents.

Final voting results on all agenda items will be available in a Current Report on Form 8-K to be filed by the company following certification by the company's inspector of elections.

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The forward-looking statements included in this news release are based on our current expectations, projections, estimates and assumptions. These statements are only predictions, not guarantees. Such forward-looking statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict. These risks and uncertainties may cause actual results to differ materially from what is forecast in such forward-looking statements, and include, without limitation, the following: the impact of the global outbreak of COVID-19 on our business and operations; a portion of our bookings may not lead to completed sales, and our ability to convert bookings into revenues at acceptable profit margins; changes in global economic conditions and the potential for unexpected cancellations or delays of customer orders in our reported backlog; our dependence on our customers’ ability to make required capital investment and maintenance expenditures; if we are not able to successfully execute and realize the expected financial benefits from our strategic transformation and realignment initiatives, our business could be adversely affected; risks associated with cost overruns on fixed-fee projects and in taking customer orders for large complex custom engineered products; the substantial dependence of our sales on the success of the oil and gas, chemical, power generation and water management industries; the adverse impact of volatile raw materials prices on our products and operating margins; economic, political and other risks associated with our international operations, including military actions, trade embargoes, epidemics or pandemics or changes to tariffs or trade agreements that could affect customer markets, particularly North African, Russian and Middle Eastern markets and global oil and gas producers, and non-compliance with U.S. export/re-export control, foreign corrupt practice laws, economic sanctions and import laws and regulations; increased aging and slower collection of receivables, particularly in Latin America and other emerging markets; our exposure to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, including in hyperinflationary countries such as Venezuela and Argentina; our furnishing of products and services to nuclear power plant facilities and other critical processes; potential adverse consequences resulting from litigation to which we are a party, such as litigation involving asbestos-containing material claims; expectations regarding acquisitions and the integration of acquired businesses; our relative geographical profitability and its impact on our utilization of deferred tax assets, including foreign tax credits; the potential adverse impact of an impairment in the carrying value of goodwill or other intangible assets; our dependence upon third-party suppliers whose failure to perform timely could adversely affect our business operations; the highly competitive nature of the markets in which we operate; environmental compliance costs and liabilities; potential work stoppages and other labor matters; access to public and private sources of debt financing; our inability to protect our intellectual property in the U.S., as well as in foreign countries; obligations under our defined benefit pension plans; our internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements because of its inherent limitations, including the possibility of human error, the circumvention or overriding of controls, or fraud; the recording of increased deferred tax asset valuation allowances in the future or the impact of tax law changes on such deferred tax assets could affect our operating results; our information technology infrastructure could be subject to service interruptions, data corruption, cyber-based attacks or network security breaches, which could disrupt our business operations and result in the loss of critical and confidential information; ineffective internal controls could impact the accuracy and timely reporting of our business and financial results; and other factors described from time to time in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

All forward-looking statements included in this news release are based on information available to us on the date hereof, and we assume no obligation to update any forward-looking statement.

The Company reports its financial results in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). However, management believes that non-GAAP financial measures which exclude certain non-recurring items present additional useful comparisons between current results and results in prior operating periods, providing investors with a clearer view of the underlying trends of the business. Management also uses these non-GAAP financial measures in making financial, operating, planning and compensation decisions and in evaluating the Company's performance. Throughout our materials we refer to non-GAAP measures as “Adjusted.” Non-GAAP financial measures, which may be inconsistent with similarly captioned measures presented by other companies, should be viewed in addition to, and not as a substitute for, the Company’s reported results prepared in accordance with GAAP.

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Flowserve Contacts
Investor Contacts:
Jay Roueche, Interim Chief Financial Officer, (972) 443-6560
Mike Mullin, Director, Investor Relations, (972) 443-6636

Media Contact:
Lars Rosene, Vice President, Corporate Communications & Public Affairs, (972) 443-6644

Source: Flowserve Corp.