---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000905729-23-000094"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "COFS"
cik: "0000803164"
company_name: "CHOICEONE FINANCIAL SERVICES INC"
filed_at: "2023-05-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T13:42:40.846017+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ChoiceOne shareholders elect directors, approve say-on-pay, ratify auditor at annual meeting

## Summary
- All five director nominees elected: Brophy, Burke, Essex, Hendon, Wendling with >3.6M votes for each.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved: 3,318,890 for, 354,780 against, 147,998 abstain, 1,606,671 broker non-votes.
- Ratification of Plante & Moran as auditor passed: 5,347,243 for, 21,689 against, 59,407 abstain.
- Next advisory vote on executive compensation will occur at 2024 annual meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000905729-23-000094
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: COFS
- cik: 0000803164
- company_name: CHOICEONE FINANCIAL SERVICES INC
- filed_at: 2023-05-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- 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/803164/000090572923000094/0000905729-23-000094-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/803164/000090572923000094/choice8k_052623.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  CHOICEONE FINANCIAL SERVICES INC shareholders approved Ratification of the selection of Plante & Moran PLLC as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm at the 2023-05-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-24
  source text: The shareholders ratified the appointment of Plante & Moran PLLC as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023 by the following votes: Votes Cast For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 5,347,243 21,689 59,407 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/803164/000090572923000094/0000905729-23-000094-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CHOICEONE FINANCIAL SERVICES INC shareholders approved Election of five directors at the 2023-05-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-24
  source text: At the annual meeting of the Company's shareholders held on Wednesday, May 24, 2023, the Company's shareholders voted on three matters: (1) the election of five directors; (2) approval on an advisory basis of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the proxy statement; and (3) ratification of the selection of Plante & Moran PLLC as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/803164/000090572923000094/0000905729-23-000094-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CHOICEONE FINANCIAL SERVICES INC shareholders approved Advisory approval of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers at the 2023-05-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-24
  source text: The shareholders approved the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers by the following votes: Votes Cast For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 3,318,890 354,780 147,998 1,606,671
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/803164/000090572923000094/0000905729-23-000094-index.htm

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