---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-004168"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LQDT"
cik: "0001235468"
company_name: "LIQUIDITY SERVICES INC"
filed_at: "2023-02-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T01:37:31.354255+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Liquidity Services reports 2023 annual meeting voting results; all proposals pass

## Summary
- Directors Clough, Ellis, and Mateus-Tique elected with 25.99M, 26.85M, and 26.07M votes for, respectively.
- Ratification of Deloitte & Touche as independent auditor for fiscal 2023 approved (29.18M for, 0.30M against).
- Amendment to certificate of incorporation to limit officer liability approved (25.60M for, 1.95M against).
- Advisory say-on-pay resolution approved (26.82M for, 0.73M against).
- Stockholders voted for annual frequency of future advisory say-on-pay votes (19.37M for every year).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-004168
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LQDT
- cik: 0001235468
- company_name: LIQUIDITY SERVICES INC
- filed_at: 2023-02-23T23:59:59+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/1235468/000095017023004168/0000950170-23-004168-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1235468/000095017023004168/lqdt-20230223.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  LIQUIDITY SERVICES INC shareholders approved Ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for Fiscal 2023 at the 2023-02-23 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-02-23
  source text: Proposal 2: Ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for Fiscal 2023. Votes For 29,178,968 Votes Against 297,357 Abstentions 7,841 Result of Vote: The Stockholders ratified the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for Fiscal 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1235468/000095017023004168/0000950170-23-004168-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  LIQUIDITY SERVICES INC shareholders approved Approval of an Amendment to the Company's Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to Limit the Liability of Certain Officers of the Company at the 2023-02-23 meeting.
  - Proposal: charter amendment
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-02-23
  source text: Proposal 3: Approval of an Amendment to the Company's Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to Limit the Liability of Certain Officers of the Company. Votes For 25,603,383 Votes Against 1,948,707 Abstentions 60,869 Broker Non-Votes 1,871,207 Result of Vote: The Stockholders approved the amendment to the Company's Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to limit the liability of certain officers of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1235468/000095017023004168/0000950170-23-004168-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  LIQUIDITY SERVICES INC shareholders approved Recommendation on the Frequency of Future Advisory Votes on Named Executive Officer Compensation at the 2023-02-23 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-02-23
  source text: Proposal 5: Recommendation on the Frequency of Future Advisory Votes on Named Executive Officer Compensation. Every Year 19,371,300 Every Two Years 7,996 Every Three Years 8,202,160 Abstentions 31,503 Broker Non-Votes 1,871,207 Result of Vote: The Stockholders voted in favor of conducting future advisory votes on named executive officer compensation every year.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1235468/000095017023004168/0000950170-23-004168-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  LIQUIDITY SERVICES INC shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-02-23 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-02-23
  source text: Proposal 1: Election of Directors. Director Nominees Votes For Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes Phillip A. Clough 25,987,350 1,625,609 1,871,207 George H. Ellis 26,846,917 766,042 1,871,207 Jaime Mateus-Tique 26,066,161 1,546,798 1,871,207 Summary of Results: Each Director Nominee was duly elected to serve until the Annual Meeting of Stockholders in 2026 or until his, her or their successor has been duly elected and qualified, or until the earlier of his, her or their death, resignation or retirement.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1235468/000095017023004168/0000950170-23-004168-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  LIQUIDITY SERVICES INC shareholders approved Approval of an Advisory Resolution on Named Executive Officer Compensation at the 2023-02-23 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-02-23
  source text: Proposal 4: Approval of an Advisory Resolution on Named Executive Officer Compensation. Votes For 26,824,186 Votes Against 734,835 Abstentions 53,938 Broker Non-Votes 1,871,207 Result of Vote: The Stockholders approved the advisory resolution on named executive officer compensation.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1235468/000095017023004168/0000950170-23-004168-index.htm

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