---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000819793-24-000036"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AIN"
cik: "0000819793"
company_name: "ALBANY INTERNATIONAL CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2024-05-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T01:35:33.592260+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Albany International shareholders elect all nine director nominees, ratify KPMG, approve exec comp

## Summary
- All nine board nominees elected; Bonnie C. Lind received highest support with 29.3M votes for.
- KPMG LLP ratified as independent auditor with 28.6M votes for, 1.3M against, 8K abstentions.
- Non-binding say-on-pay approved: 27.5M for, 1.8M against, 15K abstentions.
- Broker non-votes of 606,048 on director elections and executive compensation.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000819793-24-000036
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AIN
- cik: 0000819793
- company_name: ALBANY INTERNATIONAL CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2024-05-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/819793/000081979324000036/0000819793-24-000036-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/819793/000081979324000036/ain-20240514.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000819793-24-000036
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000819793-24-000036.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000819793-24-000036.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  ALBANY INTERNATIONAL CORP /DE/ shareholders approved Election of nine members of the Board of Directors at the 2024-05-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-10
  source text: In the vote for the election of nine members of the Board of Directors of the Company, the number of votes cast for, the number of votes withheld from, and broker non-votes as to each of the nominees were as follows: Number of Votes For Number of Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes Nominee John R. Scannell 26,998,500 2,317,731 606,048 Katharine L. Plourde 26,948,062 2,368,169 606,048 Kenneth W. Krueger 28,407,869 908,362 606,048 Mark J. Murphy 28,430,279 885,952 606,048 J. Michael McQuade 28,315,409 1,000,822 606,048 Christina M. Alvord 29,206,010 110,221 606,048 Russell E. Toney 29,184,780 131,451 606,048 Gunnar Kleveland 29,242,574 73,657 606,048 Bonnie C. Lind 29,255,675 60,556 606,048
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/819793/000081979324000036/0000819793-24-000036-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ALBANY INTERNATIONAL CORP /DE/ shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent auditor at the 2024-05-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-10
  source text: In the vote for the ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent auditor, the number of votes for, the number of votes against, and the number of abstentions were as follows: For Against Abstain 28,635,381 1,278,861 8,037
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/819793/000081979324000036/0000819793-24-000036-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ALBANY INTERNATIONAL CORP /DE/ shareholders approved Approval, by nonbinding vote, of executive compensation at the 2024-05-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-10
  source text: In the vote to approve, by non-binding vote, executive compensation, the number of votes cast for, the number of votes cast against, the number cast as abstentions, and broker non-votes were as follows: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 27,506,897 1,794,204 15,130 606,048
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/819793/000081979324000036/0000819793-24-000036-index.htm

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