UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 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): December 3, 2020

Mayville Engineering Company, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

715 South Street, Mayville, Wisconsin 53050

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(920) 387-4500

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

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

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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

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(b) and (d). On December 3, 2020, the Board of Directors of Mayville Engineering Company, Inc. (the “Company”) elected Jennifer J. Kent as a Class II director of the Company to serve for a term to expire at the Company’s 2021 annual meeting of shareholders. Ms. Kent has also been appointed to serve on the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors.

On December 3, 2020, the Company also announced that Craig E. Johnson will not seek reelection and will retire from the Board of Directors at the end of his current term expiring at the 2021 annual meeting of shareholders.

A copy of the press release announcing the foregoing is filed as Exhibit 99 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.

There is no arrangement or understanding between Ms. Kent and any other persons pursuant to which Ms. Kent was selected as a director. Ms. Kent serves as Executive Vice President of Administration, General Counsel & Secretary of Quad/Graphics, Inc. Quad/Med, LLC, a subsidiary of Quad/Graphics, provides certain health care services to certain employees of the Company. For these health care services, the Company currently pays Quad/Med approximately $22,000 to $30,000 per month.

Prior to the election of Ms. Kent as a new director of the Company as described in Item 5.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, the Board of Directors approved an amendment to Section 3.01 of Article III of the Bylaws of the Company to increase the size of the Board of Directors from seven directors to eight directors. This amendment was effective on December 3, 2020.

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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.

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