---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000090168-23-000003"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SIF"
cik: "0000090168"
company_name: "SIFCO INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2023-02-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T03:10:32.955000+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SIFCO shareholders elect six directors and approve auditor ratification and say-on-pay

## Summary
- All six director nominees elected with substantial support; highest vote count 3,839,214 for Mark J. Silk.
- Ratification of Grant Thornton LLP as independent auditor for FY 2023 passed with 4,924,242 votes for.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved with 3,416,088 votes for versus 432,571 against.
- Broker non-votes of 594,970 were recorded on director elections and say-on-pay proposals.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000090168-23-000003
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SIF
- cik: 0000090168
- company_name: SIFCO INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2023-02-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/90168/000009016823000003/0000090168-23-000003-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/90168/000009016823000003/sif-20230131.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  SIFCO INDUSTRIES INC shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-01-31 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-01-31
  source text: The six nominees listed below were elected as directors of the Company, each to serve on the Board of Directors until the Company’s Annual Meeting in 2024, with the respective votes set forth opposite their names: Directors For Withhold Broker Non-Votes Jeffrey P. Gotschall 3,453,174 903,256 594,970 Peter W. Knapper 3,462,597 893,833 594,970 Donald C. Molten Jr. 3,557,464 798,966 594,970 Alayne L. Reitman 3,575,210 781,220 594,970 Mark J. Silk 3,839,214 517,216 594,970 Hudson D. Smith 3,444,612 911,818 594,970
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/90168/000009016823000003/0000090168-23-000003-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  SIFCO INDUSTRIES INC shareholders approved Ratification of Grant Thornton LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending September 30, 2023 at the 2023-01-31 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-01-31
  source text: The proposal to ratify the designation of Grant Thornton LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending September 30, 2023 was approved with the following votes: For 4,924,242 Against 26,405 Abstain 753
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/90168/000009016823000003/0000090168-23-000003-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  SIFCO INDUSTRIES INC shareholders approved Advisory non-binding approval of executive compensation (say-on-pay) at the 2023-01-31 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-01-31
  source text: The proposal to approve, on an advisory, non-binding basis, executive compensation (say-on-pay) was approved with the following votes: For 3,416,088 Against 432,571 Abstain 507,771 Broker Non-Votes 594,970
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/90168/000009016823000003/0000090168-23-000003-index.htm

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