--- schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1" accession: "0000950170-23-015494" form_type: "8-K" ticker: "MYE" cik: "0000069488" company_name: "MYERS INDUSTRIES INC" filed_at: "2023-04-28T23:59:59+00:00" generated_at: "2026-06-16T06:55:22.709500+00:00" event_type: "other_material" sentiment: "neutral" materiality_score: 0.4 calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4 confidence: "high" source: SEC EDGAR --- # Myers Industries amends severance plan; annual meeting elects directors and approves advisory votes ## Summary - Amended severance plan: CEO gets 1.5x salary (non-CIC) or 2.5x salary+bonus (CIC); other officers get 1x or 1.5x. - Covered officers include CEO Mike McGaugh, incoming CFO Grant Fitz, and others. - Shareholders elected all 8 director nominees; 93.72% of shares represented at meeting. - Advisory vote on executive compensation approved with 99% of votes cast; frequency set to annual until 2029. - Ratification of Ernst & Young as auditor for FY2023 passed overwhelmingly. ## SEC filing metadata - accession: 0000950170-23-015494 - form_type: 8-K - ticker: MYE - cik: 0000069488 - company_name: MYERS INDUSTRIES INC - filed_at: 2023-04-28T23:59:59+00:00 - event_type: other_material - sentiment: neutral - materiality_score: 0.4 - calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4 - confidence: high - sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01 - EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/69488/000095017023015494/0000950170-23-015494-index.htm - EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/69488/000095017023015494/mye-20230426.htm ## Machine-readable alternates - HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-015494 - JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-015494.json - Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-015494.txt ## Key facts - Executive change Grant E. Fitz was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at MYERS INDUSTRIES INC. - Action: appointed - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer source text: upon his appointment as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective May 8, 2023, Grant E. Fitz, are eligible to participate as Covered Officers. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/69488/000095017023015494/0000950170-23-015494-index.htm - Shareholder Votes MYERS INDUSTRIES INC shareholders approved Advisory vote on frequency of advisory vote on executive compensation at the 2023-04-27 meeting. - Proposal: say on pay frequency - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-04-27 source text: Proposal No. 2. Advisory Vote on Frequency of Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation. The Company’s shareholders recommended, on an advisory basis, a frequency of “one year” for holding future advisory votes on executive compensation: One Year 30,387,235 Two Years 19,224 Three Years 1,540,276 Abstain 942,634 Broker Non-Vote 1,383,684 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/69488/000095017023015494/0000950170-23-015494-index.htm - Shareholder Votes MYERS INDUSTRIES INC shareholders approved Election of eight directors to hold office until the 2024 annual meeting at the 2023-04-27 meeting. - Proposal: director election - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-04-27 source text: Proposal No. 1. Election of Directors. The Company’s shareholders elected, with the respective votes set forth opposite their names, the following persons to the Company’s Board of Directors to hold office until the 2024 annual meeting of shareholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified: evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/69488/000095017023015494/0000950170-23-015494-index.htm - Shareholder Votes MYERS INDUSTRIES INC shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-04-27 meeting. - Proposal: auditor ratification - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-04-27 source text: Proposal No. 4. Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. The Company’s shareholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year ending December 31, 2023. Voting results on this proposal were as follows: For 33,672,692 Against 354,932 Abstain 245,429 Broker Non-Vote — evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/69488/000095017023015494/0000950170-23-015494-index.htm - Shareholder Votes MYERS INDUSTRIES INC shareholders approved Advisory vote to approve 2022 executive compensation at the 2023-04-27 meeting. - Proposal: say on pay - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-04-27 source text: Proposal No. 3. Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation. The Company’s shareholders, by adopting a non-binding advisory resolution, approved the 2022 compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, with over 99% of the total shares voted being cast “for” the proposal. Voting results on this proposal were as follows: For 31,530,445 Against 286,307 Abstain 1,072,617 Broker Non-Vote 1,383,684 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/69488/000095017023015494/0000950170-23-015494-index.htm This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.