---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000095953-23-000031"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACNT"
cik: "0000095953"
company_name: "ASCENT INDUSTRIES CO."
filed_at: "2023-06-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T01:46:18.149426+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ascent Industries shareholders elect all director nominees, approve say-on-pay

## Summary
- All five director nominees elected at annual meeting on June 13, 2023; highest support for Hutter (6,622,773 for).
- Advisory vote on 2022 named executive officer compensation passed with 6,865,874 for, 355,781 against.
- Vote totals for nominees: Guy 5,930,357 for; Mazzaferro 5,777,068 for; Rosenzweig 6,520,091 for; Schauerman 6,063,133 for.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000095953-23-000031
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACNT
- cik: 0000095953
- company_name: ASCENT INDUSTRIES CO.
- filed_at: 2023-06-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/95953/000009595323000031/0000095953-23-000031-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/95953/000009595323000031/acnt-20230613.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000095953-23-000031
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000095953-23-000031.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000095953-23-000031.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  ASCENT INDUSTRIES CO. shareholders approved Election of Director at the 2023-06-13 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-13
  source text: Henry L. Guy 5,930,357 1,363,778 14,088
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/95953/000009595323000031/0000095953-23-000031-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ASCENT INDUSTRIES CO. shareholders approved Election of Director at the 2023-06-13 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-13
  source text: Christopher G. Hutter 6,622,773 672,020 13,430
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/95953/000009595323000031/0000095953-23-000031-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ASCENT INDUSTRIES CO. shareholders approved Election of Director at the 2023-06-13 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-13
  source text: Aldo J. Mazzaferro 5,777,068 1,515,774 15,381
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/95953/000009595323000031/0000095953-23-000031-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ASCENT INDUSTRIES CO. shareholders approved Election of Director at the 2023-06-13 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-13
  source text: Benjamin Rosenzweig 6,520,091 774,074 14,058
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/95953/000009595323000031/0000095953-23-000031-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ASCENT INDUSTRIES CO. shareholders approved Election of Director at the 2023-06-13 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-13
  source text: John P. Schauerman 6,063,133 1,231,002 14,088
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/95953/000009595323000031/0000095953-23-000031-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ASCENT INDUSTRIES CO. shareholders approved Advisory approval of Ascent Industries Co.'s named executive officer compensation for fiscal 2022 at the 2023-06-13 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-13
  source text: Advisory approval of Ascent Industries Co.'s named executive officer compensation for fiscal 2022 Votes For Votes Against Abstain 6,865,874 355,781 86,568
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/95953/000009595323000031/0000095953-23-000031-index.htm

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