---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000066570-24-000026"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MSA"
cik: "0000066570"
company_name: "MSA Safety Inc"
filed_at: "2024-05-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T02:54:46.143949+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MSA Safety shareholders elect three directors; all proposals pass at annual meeting

## Summary
- Steven C. Blanco, Sandra Phillips Rogers, Luca Savi elected to three-year terms; votes for each exceeded 32.5M.
- 2024 Non-Employee Directors' Equity Incentive Plan approved with 33.6M for, 463.8K against, 18.6K abstain.
- Ernst & Young selected as independent auditor for FY2024 with 37.3M votes for.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved with 33.1M for, 951.8K against, 32.1K abstain.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000066570-24-000026
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MSA
- cik: 0000066570
- company_name: MSA Safety Inc
- filed_at: 2024-05-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66570/000006657024000026/0000066570-24-000026-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66570/000006657024000026/msa-20240513.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000066570-24-000026.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  MSA Safety Inc shareholders approved Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation at the 2024-05-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-10
  source text: Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation The results of the advisory vote to approve the executive compensation of the Company’s named executive officers were as follows: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 33,078,044 951,833 32,094 3,432,194
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66570/000006657024000026/0000066570-24-000026-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  MSA Safety Inc shareholders approved Election of Directors - Steven C. Blanco at the 2024-05-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-10
  source text: Blanco 33,755,529 306,442 3,432,194 Sandra Phillips Rogers 32,542,162 1,519,809 3,432,194 Luca Savi 33,116,556 945,415 3,432,194 Continuing as directors, with terms expiring in 2025, are Robert A.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66570/000006657024000026/0000066570-24-000026-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  MSA Safety Inc shareholders approved Election of Directors - Luca Savi at the 2024-05-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-10
  source text: Blanco 33,755,529 306,442 3,432,194 Sandra Phillips Rogers 32,542,162 1,519,809 3,432,194 Luca Savi 33,116,556 945,415 3,432,194 Continuing as directors, with terms expiring in 2025, are Robert A.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66570/000006657024000026/0000066570-24-000026-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  MSA Safety Inc shareholders approved Selection of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2024-05-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-10
  source text: Selection of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Ernst & Young LLP was selected as the independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2024, by the following votes: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions 37,335,074 105,826 53,265
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66570/000006657024000026/0000066570-24-000026-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  MSA Safety Inc shareholders approved Approval of Adoption of the Company's 2024 Non-Employee Directors' Equity Incentive Plan at the 2024-05-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-10
  source text: Approval of Adoption of the Company's 2024 Non-Employee Directors' Equity Incentive Plan Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 33,579,599 463,814 18,558 3,432,194
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66570/000006657024000026/0000066570-24-000026-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  MSA Safety Inc shareholders approved Election of Directors - Sandra Phillips Rogers at the 2024-05-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-10
  source text: Blanco 33,755,529 306,442 3,432,194 Sandra Phillips Rogers 32,542,162 1,519,809 3,432,194 Luca Savi 33,116,556 945,415 3,432,194 Continuing as directors, with terms expiring in 2025, are Robert A.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66570/000006657024000026/0000066570-24-000026-index.htm

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