0000091142-23-000043.txt : 20230413 0000091142-23-000043.hdr.sgml : 20230413 20230413123505 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000091142-23-000043 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20230411 FILED AS OF DATE: 20230413 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20230413 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MAPES CHRISTOPHER L CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001219555 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-00475 FILM NUMBER: 23817720 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: REGAL BELOIT CORP STREET 2: 200 STATE STREET CITY: BELOIT STATE: WI ZIP: 53511 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SMITH A O CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000091142 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES [3630] IRS NUMBER: 390619790 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 11270 WEST PARK PLACE CITY: MILWAUKEE STATE: WI ZIP: 53224 BUSINESS PHONE: 4143594000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 11270 WEST PARK PLACE CITY: MILWAUKEE STATE: WI ZIP: 53224 3 1 wf-form3_168140369434463.xml FORM 3 X0206 3 2023-04-11 0 0000091142 SMITH A O CORP AOS 0001219555 MAPES CHRISTOPHER L A. O. SMITH CORPORATION 11270 WEST PARK PLACE MILWAUKEE WI 53224 1 0 0 0 Common Stock 10000 I Held by Spouse (SLAT) James F. Stern, Attorney-in-Fact for Christopher L. Mapes 2023-04-13 EX-24 2 mapes.htm MAPES

POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know all by these presents, that, for good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of James F. Stern, Laura Jamison and Wendy L. Grant, and any of their substitutes, signing singly, the undersigned?s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned a Form ID (the "Form ID") to obtain access codes to file enable the undersigned to file on EDGAR;
(2) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned (in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder (the "Exchange Act")), in the undersigned's capacity as an officer of A. O. Smith Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), any and all Forms 3, 4 and/or 5, and any amendments thereto, that are necessary or advisable for the undersigned to file under Section 16(a) (collectively, "Documents");
(3) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned that may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute the Form ID and any such Documents and timely file the Form ID and such Documents with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and
(4) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.
The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each such attorney-in-fact (or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes) shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that each attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor is such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes or the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with the Exchange Act.  The undersigned agrees to defend and hold harmless each attorney-in-fact (and such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes) from and against any and all loss, damage or liability that such attorney-in-fact may sustain as a result of any action taken in good faith hereunder.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Documents with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to each of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 14th day of March, 2023.

/s/Christopher L. Mapes