---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000779544-24-000020"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ARKR"
cik: "0000779544"
company_name: "ARK RESTAURANTS CORP"
filed_at: "2024-03-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T22:38:55.687019+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ark Restaurants shareholders elect all eight directors, ratify auditor, approve say-on-pay

## Summary
- All eight director nominees elected; Michael Weinstein received 2,072,441 for, 151,115 withheld.
- Ratification of CohnReznick LLP as auditor for 2024 passed with 3,142,366 for, 5,023 against.
- Advisory say-on-pay resolution approved with 1,916,363 for, 288,768 against, 18,425 abstain.
- Broker non-votes of 924,613 recorded on director elections and say-on-pay; none on auditor ratification.
- Total shares voted: 3,148,169 out of 3,604,157 outstanding shares.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000779544-24-000020
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ARKR
- cik: 0000779544
- company_name: ARK RESTAURANTS CORP
- filed_at: 2024-03-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- 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/779544/000077954424000020/0000779544-24-000020-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/779544/000077954424000020/arkr-20240312.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  ARK RESTAURANTS CORP shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of CohnReznick LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the 2024 fiscal year. at the 2024-03-12 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-03-12
  source text: On March 12, 2024, Ark Restaurants Corp. (the "Company") held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Meeting"). The following matters were submitted to a vote of the Company’s shareholders at the Meeting: (i) the election of eight (8) directors to serve until the next annual meeting of the shareholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified; (ii) the ratification of the appointment of CohnReznick LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2024 fiscal year; and (iii) an advisory resolution approving the compensation of the Company's named executive officers.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/779544/000077954424000020/0000779544-24-000020-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ARK RESTAURANTS CORP shareholders approved Advisory resolution to approve the compensation of the Company's named executive officers. at the 2024-03-12 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-03-12
  source text: On March 12, 2024, Ark Restaurants Corp. (the "Company") held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Meeting"). The following matters were submitted to a vote of the Company’s shareholders at the Meeting: (i) the election of eight (8) directors to serve until the next annual meeting of the shareholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified; (ii) the ratification of the appointment of CohnReznick LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2024 fiscal year; and (iii) an advisory resolution approving the compensation of the Company's named executive officers.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/779544/000077954424000020/0000779544-24-000020-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ARK RESTAURANTS CORP shareholders approved Election of eight directors to serve until the next annual meeting and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. at the 2024-03-12 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-03-12
  source text: On March 12, 2024, Ark Restaurants Corp. (the "Company") held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Meeting"). The following matters were submitted to a vote of the Company’s shareholders at the Meeting: (i) the election of eight (8) directors to serve until the next annual meeting of the shareholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified; (ii) the ratification of the appointment of CohnReznick LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2024 fiscal year; and (iii) an advisory resolution approving the compensation of the Company's named executive officers.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/779544/000077954424000020/0000779544-24-000020-index.htm

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