---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000095953-24-000044"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACNT"
cik: "0000095953"
company_name: "ASCENT INDUSTRIES CO."
filed_at: "2024-06-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T04:30:42.713772+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CEO Kitchen resigns from Ascent Industries board; shareholders approve all proposals

## Summary
- CEO J. Bryan Kitchen resigned as director effective June 11, 2024, to maintain board independence per Nasdaq rules; remains CEO.
- Shareholders elected all six director nominees: Guy, Hutter, Mazzaferro, Rosenzweig, Schauerman.
- Say-on-pay advisory vote approved with 6,412,672 For (vs. 828,764 Against).
- Frequency of future say-on-pay set at 1 year with 6,734,232 votes.
- Ratification of auditor Moss Adams LLP passed with 8,784,941 For.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000095953-24-000044
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACNT
- cik: 0000095953
- company_name: ASCENT INDUSTRIES CO.
- filed_at: 2024-06-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/95953/000009595324000044/0000095953-24-000044-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/95953/000009595324000044/acnt-20240611.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000095953-24-000044
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000095953-24-000044.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000095953-24-000044.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  J. Bryan Kitchen resigned as Director at ASCENT INDUSTRIES CO..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: Effective June 11, 2024, J. Bryan Kitchen, President and Chief Executive Officer of Ascent Industries Co. (the “Company”), tendered his resignation as a director of the Company in order to maintain the independence of a majority of the Board of Directors pursuant to Nasdaq Rule 5605(b)(1).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/95953/000009595324000044/0000095953-24-000044-index.htm

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