---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000929638-26-002206"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FRPT"
cik: "0001611647"
company_name: "Freshpet, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-06-11T20:05:31+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T20:12:56.331854+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Freshpet stockholders elect all director nominees, ratify KPMG, approve say-on-pay

## Summary
- All 12 director nominees elected; votes ranged from ~42.1M (Kotcher) to ~42.5M (Beck). Broker non-votes: 2.48M.
- Ratification of KPMG as independent auditor for 2026: 44,890,659 for, 115,995 against, 47,158 abstain.
- Non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 40,844,496 for, 1,682,726 against, 51,281 abstain; broker non-votes 2.48M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000929638-26-002206
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FRPT
- cik: 0001611647
- company_name: Freshpet, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-06-11T20:05:31+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/1611647/000092963826002206/0000929638-26-002206-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1611647/000092963826002206/a8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000929638-26-002206.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Freshpet, Inc. shareholders approved Non-Binding Advisory Vote to Approve the Compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers at the 2026-06-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-10
  source text: The executive compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was approved with the following non-binding advisory votes: FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN 40,844,496 1,682,726 51,281
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1611647/000092963826002206/0000929638-26-002206-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Freshpet, Inc. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2026-06-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-10
  source text: All nominees were elected to serve on the Board of Directors pursuant to the following votes: DIRECTOR FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN Olu Beck 42,454,032 73,236 51,235
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1611647/000092963826002206/0000929638-26-002206-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Freshpet, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2026-06-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-10
  source text: The appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2026 was ratified with the following votes: FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN 44,890,659 115,995 47,158
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1611647/000092963826002206/0000929638-26-002206-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.