---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000824142-23-000119"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AAON"
cik: "0000824142"
company_name: "AAON, INC."
filed_at: "2023-05-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T21:51:13.075622+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AAON declares $0.12 quarterly dividend; directors reelected at annual meeting

## Summary
- Quarterly dividend of $0.12 per share ($0.48 annualized), payable June 30, 2023 to holders of record June 9, 2023.
- Stockholders elected Caron Lawhorn, Stephen LeClair, David Stewart as directors with >97% votes cast in favor for each.
- Say-on-pay resolution approved: 43.0M for, 2.9M against, 43.5K abstain.
- Ratification of Grant Thornton as auditor: 48.1M for, 0.6M against.
- Broker non-votes of ~2.76M on director elections and say-on-pay (not present for auditor ratification).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000824142-23-000119
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AAON
- cik: 0000824142
- company_name: AAON, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-05-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/824142/000082414223000119/0000824142-23-000119-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/824142/000082414223000119/aaon-20230516.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  AAON, INC. shareholders approved Election of directors at the 2023-05-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-16
  source text: The voting results with respect to the election of each director were as follows: Nominees For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes Caron A. Lawhorn 44,547,503 1,358,831 46,339 2,757,125 Stephen O. LeClair 39,835,018 6,073,963 43,692 2,757,125 David R. Stewart 44,561,602 1,354,912 36,159 2,757,125
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/824142/000082414223000119/0000824142-23-000119-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  AAON, INC. shareholders approved Advisory vote on executive compensation at the 2023-05-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-16
  source text: The voting results to approve, on an advisory basis, a resolution on the compensation of the Company's named executive officers as set forth in the Proxy Statement were as follows: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 43,031,932 2,877,225 43,516 2,757,125
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/824142/000082414223000119/0000824142-23-000119-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  AAON, INC. shareholders approved Ratification of Grant Thornton, LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2023 at the 2023-05-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-16
  source text: The voting results with respect to the ratification of the selection of Grant Thornton, LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 were as follows: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 48,124,308 579,893 5,597 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/824142/000082414223000119/0000824142-23-000119-index.htm

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