UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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): ~~June 9,~~July ~~2025 (June 6~~28, 2025)

CRANE COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

DELAWARE

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

Delaware	~~1-41570~~	1-41570		~~88-2846451~~	88-2846451
(State or other jurisdiction ofincorporation or organization)	(Commission FileNumber)			(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(Commission File Number)			(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
100 First Stamford Place	~~Stamford~~	Stamford	CT	~~06902~~CT	06902
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)				~~(Zip Code)~~	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 203-363-7300

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:



Title of each class	Trading Symbol	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $1.00	CR	New York Stock Exchange

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. ☐

~~SECTION~~ 1 ~~- REGISTRANT’S BUSINESS AND OPERATIONS~~

~~Item~~SECTION ~~1.01~~2 ~~Entry~~– ~~into~~FINANCIAL ~~a Material Definitive Agreement.~~INFORMATION

OnItem June 6, 2025, Crane Company (the “Company”) entered into a definitive Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Baker Hughes Holdings LLC and Bently Nevada, LLC (collectively the “Sellers”) for the acquisition of Precision Sensors & Instrumentation (“PSI”)2.02 ~~PSI~~Results ~~is a leading provider~~ of ~~sensor-based~~Operations ~~technologies for aerospace, nuclear~~ and ~~process~~Financial ~~industries~~Condition. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Company will acquire all of Seller’s interests in Panametrics, LLC, which, through a series of pre-closing restructuring transactions, will constitute 100% of PSI. The purchase price of the transaction is $1,060 million, after adjusting for expected tax benefits with a net present value of approximately $90 million.

~~The~~On ~~Purchase~~July ~~Agreement~~28, ~~contains~~2025, ~~customary~~Crane ~~representations~~Company ~~and warranties on behalf of~~ (the “Company”) ~~and~~announced ~~the~~its ~~Sellers.~~results ~~The obligations~~ of ~~both~~operations ~~parties~~for tothe ~~consummate~~quarter ~~the~~ended ~~transaction~~June ~~are~~30, ~~subject~~2025. toThe ~~the~~related ~~satisfaction~~press ofrelease ~~customary~~and ~~conditions,~~quarterly ~~including~~financial ~~obtaining~~data ~~necessary~~supplement ~~regulatory~~is ~~approvals.~~being ~~The~~furnished ~~parties~~as ~~expect~~Exhibit ~~closing~~99.1 to ~~occur~~this atCurrent ~~the~~Report ~~end~~on ofForm ~~2025 or early 2026~~8-K.

The ~~foregoing~~information ~~description~~furnished ofunder ~~the~~Item 2.02 ~~Purchase~~of ~~Agreement~~this ~~does~~Current ~~not~~Report ~~purport~~on toForm be8-K, ~~complete~~including ~~and~~Exhibit 99.1, is ~~qualified~~not indeemed ~~its~~to ~~entirety~~be by“filed” ~~reference~~for topurposes ~~the~~of ~~full~~Section 18 ~~text~~ of the ~~Agreement,~~Securities ~~which~~Exchange isAct ~~filed~~of ~~herewith~~1934, as ~~Exhibit 2~~amended.~~1 and incorporated herein by reference.~~

~~The~~SECTION ~~Purchase~~9 ~~Agreement~~– ~~has~~FINANCIAL ~~been~~STATEMENTS ~~included~~AND to provide investors with information regarding its terms. It is not intended to provide any other factual information about any of its contracting parties, including each contracting party’s respective subsidiaries or affiliates. The representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Agreement are made only for purposes of the Agreement and as of specific dates, are solely for the benefit of the parties to the Agreement, may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the contracting parties. Investors are not third-party beneficiaries under the Agreement and should not rely on the representations, warranties and covenants or any descriptions thereof as characterizations of the actual state of facts or condition of the parties thereto or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates. Moreover, information concerning the subject matter of the representations and warranties may change after the date of the Agreement, which subsequent information may or may not be fully reflected in the Company’s public disclosures.EXHIBITS

SECTION 8 - OTHER EVENTS

Item 8.01 Other Events.

On June 9, 2025, the Company issued a press release announcing that the Company had agreed to acquire Precision Sensors & Instrumentation from Baker Hughes Holdings LLC and Bently Nevada, LLC under the terms and conditions of a definitive Purchase Agreement. A copy of the Company’s press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

SECTION 9 - FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS


Item 9.01			Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(a)	~~(a)~~	~~None~~	None
(b)	~~(b)~~	~~None~~	None
(c)	~~(c)~~	~~None~~	None
(d)	~~(d)~~	~~Exhibits~~	Exhibits
	2.1	Purchase Agreement dated as of June 6, 2025 by and among Baker Hughes Holdings LLC, Bently Nevada, LLC and Crane Company
99.1			Earnings Press Release dated July 28, 2025 and Crane Company Quarterly Financial Data Supplement for the quarter ended June 30, 2025
	99.1	Press Release issued by Crane Company on June 9, 2025
104			Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)
	104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

* Schedules have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. Crane undertakes to furnish supplemental omitted schedules upon request of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; provided, that Crane may request confidential treatment pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, for any schedules so furnished.

SIGNATURES

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.

~~CRANE COMPANY~~

CRANE COMPANY

June 9, 2025

July 28, 2025

~~By:~~

~~/s/ Anthony M. D’lorio~~

By:

/s/ Richard A. Maue

Anthony M. D’lorio

Richard A. Maue

Executive Vice President, GeneralCounsel and Secretary

Executive Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer

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