secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     MIDDLEBY Corp (MIDD)
CIK:        0000769520
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-21T20:22:58+00:00
Accession:  0000769520-26-000034
Event type: other
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.15
Item codes: 5.07
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Middleby shareholders elect all 11 directors, approve say-on-pay, ratify EY auditor at 2026 meeting
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- Directors elected; Gordon J. O'Brien received 3.93M against (9.4% of votes cast), highest dissent.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved with 40.9M for, 0.98M against.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as auditor for FY2026 passed with 42.9M for, 1.07M against.
- Proxies represented 44.1M of 46.6M outstanding shares (94.5% turnout).

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/769520/000076952026000034/0000769520-26-000034-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/769520/000076952026000034/midd-20260519.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000769520-26-000034

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