---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000008947-23-000109"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AZZ"
cik: "0000008947"
company_name: "AZZ INC"
filed_at: "2023-07-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T10:24:07.457280+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Shareholders approve 2023 Long-Term Incentive Plan; 10 directors elected

## Summary
- Shareholders approved 2023 Long-Term Incentive Plan (24.9M for, 1.3M against, 1.4M broker non-votes).
- All 10 director nominees elected (e.g., Berce, Eisman, Feehan, Ferguson) with votes ranging from 23.4M to 26.0M.
- Advisory 'say-on-pay' vote passed (25.5M for, 639K against).
- Ratification of Grant Thornton as auditor for FY2024 approved (27.6M for, 8.7K against).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000008947-23-000109
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AZZ
- cik: 0000008947
- company_name: AZZ INC
- filed_at: 2023-07-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8947/000000894723000109/0000008947-23-000109-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8947/000000894723000109/azz-20230711.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000008947-23-000109.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  AZZ INC shareholders approved Approve, on an advisory basis, the Company’s executive compensation program..
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: Proposal 2. Approve, on an advisory basis, the Company’s executive compensation program. For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 25,498,673 638,978 16,999 1,447,128
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8947/000000894723000109/0000008947-23-000109-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  AZZ INC shareholders approved Approve, the Company’s 2023 Long - Term Incentive Plan..
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: Proposal 3. Approve, the Company’s 2023 Long - Term Incentive Plan. For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 24,866,120 1,254,299 34,231 1,447,128
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8947/000000894723000109/0000008947-23-000109-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  AZZ INC shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending February 29, 2024. at the 2024-02-29 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-02-29
  source text: Proposal 4. Ratification of the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending February 29, 2024. For Against Abstain 27,575,395 8,656 17,727
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8947/000000894723000109/0000008947-23-000109-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  AZZ INC shareholders approved Election of ten directors each to serve for a one-year term until the next annual meeting of shareholders..
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: Proposal 1. Election of ten directors each to serve for a one-year term until the next annual meeting of shareholders. For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes Daniel E. Berce 23,950,782 2,191,862 12,006 1,447,128 Paul Eisman 25,683,181 459,563 11,906 1,447,128 Daniel R. Feehan 23,355,691 2,786,953 12,006 1,447,128 Thomas E. Ferguson 25,935,282 207,437 11,931 1,447,128 Clive A. Grannum 25,995,695 147,239 11,716 1,447,128 Carol R. Jackson 24,589,210 1,553,754 11,686 1,447,128 David M. Kaden 25,976,252 149,363 29,035 1,447,128 Venita McCellon-Allen 25,750,699 375,443 28,508 1,447,128 Ed McGough 25,578,974 563,670 12,006 1,447,128 Steven R. Purvis 25,666,667 475,951 12,032 1,447,128
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/8947/000000894723000109/0000008947-23-000109-index.htm

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