--- schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1" accession: "0000915913-23-000108" form_type: "8-K" ticker: "ALB" cik: "0000915913" company_name: "ALBEMARLE CORP" filed_at: "2023-05-02T23:59:59+00:00" generated_at: "2026-06-16T04:27:20.567323+00:00" event_type: "other" sentiment: "neutral" materiality_score: 0.1 calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1 confidence: "high" source: SEC EDGAR --- # Albemarle shareholders elect all 10 director nominees at 2023 annual meeting ## Summary - Shareholders elected M. Lauren Brlas, Ralf H. Cramer, J. Kent Masters Jr., and others to one-year terms. - Advisory vote on executive compensation approved with 83.6M for vs 5.3M against (broker non-votes 10.5M). - Annual frequency of advisory votes on compensation selected (89.3M for one-year, 1.6M for three-year). - Ratification of PwC as independent auditor for 2023 approved with 95.5M for vs 6.0M against. - Approval of the 2023 Stock Compensation and Deferral Election Plan for Non-Employee Directors (89.3M for, 1.7M against). ## SEC filing metadata - accession: 0000915913-23-000108 - form_type: 8-K - ticker: ALB - cik: 0000915913 - company_name: ALBEMARLE CORP - filed_at: 2023-05-02T23:59:59+00:00 - event_type: other - sentiment: neutral - materiality_score: 0.1 - calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1 - confidence: high - sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01 - EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915913/000091591323000108/0000915913-23-000108-index.htm - EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915913/000091591323000108/alb-20230502.htm ## Machine-readable alternates - HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000915913-23-000108 - JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000915913-23-000108.json - Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000915913-23-000108.txt ## Key facts - Shareholder Votes ALBEMARLE CORP shareholders approved Frequency of periodic advisory votes on executive compensation at the 2023-05-02 meeting. - Proposal: say on pay frequency - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-05-02 source text: Proposal 3 . F requency of periodic advisory votes on executive compensation . The shareholders recommended, on a non-binding, advisory basis, annual frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of our named executive officers, by the votes set forth in the table below. 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year Abstain Broker Non-Votes 89,272,772 120,361 1,610,822 97,888 10,459,292 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915913/000091591323000108/0000915913-23-000108-index.htm - Shareholder Votes ALBEMARLE CORP shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of independent registered public accounting firm at the 2023-05-02 meeting. - Proposal: auditor ratification - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-05-02 source text: Proposal 4 . Ratification of appointment of independent registered public accounting firm . The shareholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023, by the votes set forth in the table below. Voted For Voted Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 95,541,169 5,951,315 68,651 N/A evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915913/000091591323000108/0000915913-23-000108-index.htm - Shareholder Votes ALBEMARLE CORP shareholders approved Election of directors at the 2023-05-02 meeting. - Proposal: director election - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-05-02 source text: Proposal 1 . Election of directors . The shareholders elected all of the nominees for director to serve for a term expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2024, by the votes set forth in the table below. Nominees Voted For Voted Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes M. Lauren Brlas 87,349,454 3,681,646 70,743 10,459,292 Ralf H. Cramer 89,974,567 1,051,104 76,172 10,459,292 J. Kent Masters, Jr. 87,027,649 4,000,788 73,406 10,459,292 Glenda J. Minor 89,487,591 1,541,908 72,344 10,459,292 James J. O’Brien 87,168,233 3,856,539 77,071 10,459,292 Diarmuid B. O'Connell 88,848,884 2,175,572 77,387 10,459,292 Dean L. Seavers 88,545,434 2,478,357 78,052 10,459,292 Gerald A. Steiner 89,347,622 1,674,900 79,321 10,459,292 Holly A. Van Deursen 89,667,909 1,362,024 71,910 10,459,292 Alejandro D. Wolff 86,995,363 4,028,263 78,217 10,459,292 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915913/000091591323000108/0000915913-23-000108-index.htm - Shareholder Votes ALBEMARLE CORP shareholders approved Approval of the 2023 Stock Compensation and Deferral Election Plan for Non-Employee Directors at the 2023-05-02 meeting. - Proposal: equity plan - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-05-02 source text: Proposal 5 . Approval of the 2023 Stock Compensation and Deferral Election Plan for Non-Employee Directors . The shareholders approved the 2023 Stock Compensation and Deferral Election Plan for Non-Employee Directors, by the votes set forth in the table below. Voted For Voted Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 89,290,093 1,668,896 142,854 10,459,292 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915913/000091591323000108/0000915913-23-000108-index.htm - Shareholder Votes ALBEMARLE CORP shareholders approved Advisory vote on executive compensation at the 2023-05-02 meeting. - Proposal: say on pay - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-05-02 source text: Proposal 2 . Advisory vote on executive compensation . The shareholders approved, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, by the votes set forth in the table below. Voted For Voted Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 83,616,589 5,332,694 2,152,560 10,459,292 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915913/000091591323000108/0000915913-23-000108-index.htm This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.