ITEM 5.07 SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.



  An annual meeting of the shareholders of Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.
was held on October 27, 2020. At that meeting, there were 38,758,928 shares of
common stock entitled to vote. The shareholders voted on the matters submitted
to the meeting as follows (as rounded):

1. Election of three persons to be directors for a term of three years:



                                                             Shares As To Which Voting            Broker
           Name                Shares Voted For Election         Authority Withheld             Non-Votes
Robert J. Pagano, Jr.                  34,786,717                     782,110                   1,148,978
Neil A. Schrimsher                     35,286,680                     282,147                   1,148,978
Peter C. Wallace                       34,159,492                    1,409,335                  1,148,978

The terms of the following directors continued after the meeting: Madhuri A. Andrews, Peter A. Dorsman, Mary Dean Hall, Dan P. Komnenovich, Vincent K. Petrella, and Joe A. Raver.



2.  A nonbinding advisory vote to approve the compensation of Applied's named
executive officers as described in Applied's proxy statement dated September 11,
2020:


                                                                                Broker
  Shares Voted For    Shares Voted Against     Shares Abstained From Voting    Non-Votes
     34,745,286              723,418                     100,123               1,148,978

3. Ratification of the Audit Committee's appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as Applied's independent auditors for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021.




   Shares Voted For Ratification     Shares Voted Against Ratification    Shares Abstained From Voting
            36,109,691                            569,758                            38,356

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