--- schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1" accession: "0000103730-23-000052" form_type: "8-K" ticker: "VSH" cik: "0000103730" company_name: "VISHAY INTERTECHNOLOGY INC" filed_at: "2023-05-23T23:59:59+00:00" generated_at: "2026-06-14T16:56:31.182732+00:00" event_type: "other_material" sentiment: "neutral" materiality_score: 0.55 calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55 confidence: "high" source: SEC EDGAR --- # Vishay shareholders approve 2023 equity plan; charter amendment fails ## Summary - 2023 Long-Term Incentive Plan approved, authorizing up to 6M shares for awards; plan expires 2033. - Quarterly dividend of $0.10 per share declared, payable June 29, 2023 to holders of record June 16, 2023. - Proposal to amend certificate of incorporation failed; common stock vote was 42.4M for vs 62.3M against. - Director election: Dr. Abraham Ludomirski re-elected but received 58.5M withheld votes (26% of total voting power). ## SEC filing metadata - accession: 0000103730-23-000052 - form_type: 8-K - ticker: VSH - cik: 0000103730 - company_name: VISHAY INTERTECHNOLOGY INC - filed_at: 2023-05-23T23:59:59+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, 8.01, 9.01 - EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/103730/000010373023000052/0000103730-23-000052-index.htm - EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/103730/000010373023000052/form8-k.htm ## Machine-readable alternates - HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000103730-23-000052 - JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000103730-23-000052.json - Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000103730-23-000052.txt ## Key facts - Shareholder Votes VISHAY INTERTECHNOLOGY INC shareholders approved Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Accounting Firm. - Proposal: auditor ratification - Outcome: passed source text: Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Accounting Firm For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes Common stock 109,604,704 5,074,286 72,189 - Class B common stock 11,957,538 - - - Total voting power 229,180,084 5,074,286 72,189 - evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/103730/000010373023000052/0000103730-23-000052-index.htm - Shareholder Votes VISHAY INTERTECHNOLOGY INC shareholders approved Approval of the 2023 Long-Term Incentive Plan. - Proposal: equity plan - Outcome: passed source text: Approval of the 2023 Long-Term Incentive Plan For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes Common stock 97,086,577 7,814,700 112,560 9,737,342 Class B common stock 11,956,788 - - 750 Total voting power 216,654,457 7,814,700 112,560 9,744,842 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/103730/000010373023000052/0000103730-23-000052-index.htm - Shareholder Votes VISHAY INTERTECHNOLOGY INC shareholders approved Election of Directors to Hold Office until 2026. - Proposal: director election - Outcome: passed source text: Election of Directors to Hold Office until 2026 For Withheld Broker Non-Votes Michael J. Cody Common stock 70,709,098 34,304,739 9,737,342 Class B common stock 11,938,767 18,021 750 Total voting power 190,096,768 34,484,949 9,744,842 Dr. Abraham Ludomirski Common Stock 46,698,804 58,315,033 9,737,342 Class B common stock 11,938,767 18,021 750 Total voting power 166,086,474 58,495,243 9,744,842 Raanan Zilberman Common stock 66,532,073 38,481,764 9,737,342 Class B common stock 11,938,767 18,021 750 Total voting power 185,919,743 38,661,974 9,744,842 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/103730/000010373023000052/0000103730-23-000052-index.htm - Shareholder Votes VISHAY INTERTECHNOLOGY INC shareholders approved Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation. - Proposal: say on pay - Outcome: passed source text: Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes Common stock 55,826,990 48,957,024 229,823 9,737,342 Class B common stock 11,938,767 18,021 - 750 Total voting power 175,214,660 49,137,234 229,823 9,744,842 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/103730/000010373023000052/0000103730-23-000052-index.htm - Shareholder Votes VISHAY INTERTECHNOLOGY INC shareholders approved Election of Director to Hold Office until 2025. - Proposal: director election - Outcome: passed source text: Election of Director to Hold Office until 2025 For Withheld Broker Non-Votes Joel Smejkal Common stock 99,131,593 5,882,244 9,737,342 Class B common stock 11,938,767 18,021 750 Total voting power 218,519,263 6,062,454 9,744,842 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/103730/000010373023000052/0000103730-23-000052-index.htm - Shareholder Votes VISHAY INTERTECHNOLOGY INC shareholders rejected Approval of an Amendment to the Company's Corrected Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation. - Proposal: charter amendment - Outcome: failed source text: Approval of an Amendment to the Company's Corrected Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes Common stock 42,394,302 62,300,911 318,624 9,737,342 Class B common stock 11,938,767 18,021 - 750 Total voting power 161,781,972 62,481,121 318,624 9,744,842 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/103730/000010373023000052/0000103730-23-000052-index.htm This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. 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