---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000769520-24-000022"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MIDD"
cik: "0000769520"
company_name: "MIDDLEBY Corp"
filed_at: "2024-05-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T17:49:20.256182+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Middleby shareholders elect all nine directors, approve say-on-pay, ratify EY at 2024 annual meeting

## Summary
- All nine director nominees elected, including Gordon O'Brien (41.8M for) and Sarah Palisi Chapin (38.3M for).
- Advisory vote on executive compensation passed with 39.8M for, 6.0M against.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as independent auditor for FY2024 approved with 48.9M for.
- Broker non-votes totaled 3.3M on director elections and say-on-pay.
- Annual meeting held May 14, 2024 with 49.2M shares present or represented.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000769520-24-000022
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MIDD
- cik: 0000769520
- company_name: MIDDLEBY Corp
- filed_at: 2024-05-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/769520/000076952024000022/0000769520-24-000022-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/769520/000076952024000022/midd-20240514.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 166ff43a2988683fad3798e6ac406623e5c5d98a
  claim: MIDDLEBY Corp shareholders approved Ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as independent public accountants at the 2024-05-14 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: 3. RATIFICATION OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS Proposal three was the ratification of the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent public accountants for the fiscal year ending December 28, 2024. The shares present were voted as follows: FOR: AGAINST: ABSTAIN: BROKER NON-VOTES: 48,874,899 251,076 95,732 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/769520/000076952024000022/0000769520-24-000022-index.htm
- claim_id: b209df48f6a239fee1508be04eadafbaede45fcd
  claim: MIDDLEBY Corp shareholders approved Advisory vote on executive compensation at the 2024-05-14 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: 2. ADVISORY VOTE ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION Proposal two was the approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. The shares present were voted as follows: FOR: AGAINST: ABSTAIN: BROKER NON-VOTES: 39,830,823 6,035,143 45,788 3,309,953
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/769520/000076952024000022/0000769520-24-000022-index.htm
- claim_id: cdb11e3420873138422c254e0c8f39713523ea03
  claim: MIDDLEBY Corp shareholders approved Election of nine directors at the 2024-05-14 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: 1. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS Proposal one was the election of nine (9) directors. The shares present were voted as follows: Nominees For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes Gordon O'Brien 41,803,278 4,079,831 28,645 3,309,953 Timothy J. FitzGerald 45,622,421 262,094 27,239 3,309,953 Sarah Palisi Chapin 38,279,907 6,931,124 700,723 3,309,953 Cathy L. McCarthy 45,069,260 819,521 22,973 3,309,953 John R. Miller, III 39,480,943 6,374,229 56,582 3,309,953 Robert A. Nerbonne 44,867,251 1,017,766 26,737 3,309,953 Stephen R. Scherger 45,796,107 88,774 26,873 3,309,953 Tejas P. Shah 45,856,293 27,537 27,924 3,309,953 Nassem Ziyad 45,623,998 213,273 74,483 3,309,953
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/769520/000076952024000022/0000769520-24-000022-index.htm

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