---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-018078"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RYAN"
cik: "0001849253"
company_name: "RYAN SPECIALTY HOLDINGS, INC."
filed_at: "2023-05-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T17:38:15.142147+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ryan Specialty shareholders elect directors, ratify auditor, approve executive compensation at 2023 annual meeting

## Summary
- David P. Bolger, Nicholas D. Cortezi, and Robert Le Blanc elected directors with over 1.245 billion votes each.
- Ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent auditor for FY 2023 approved: 1.294 billion for, 0.15 million against.
- Advisory vote on named executive officer compensation approved: 1.275 billion for, 6.3 million against, 0.1 million abstentions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-018078
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RYAN
- cik: 0001849253
- company_name: RYAN SPECIALTY HOLDINGS, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-05-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1849253/000095017023018078/0000950170-23-018078-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1849253/000095017023018078/ryan-20230501.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  RYAN SPECIALTY HOLDINGS, INC. shareholders approved Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation at the 2023-05-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-01
  source text: Proposal 3-Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation The proposal to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers was approved based upon the following votes: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 1,275,706,906 6,367,413 148,630 12,961,687
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1849253/000095017023018078/0000950170-23-018078-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  RYAN SPECIALTY HOLDINGS, INC. shareholders approved Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2023-05-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-01
  source text: Proposal 2 - Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm The proposal to ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 was approved based upon the following votes: For Against Abstain 1,294,975,577 154,040 55,019
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1849253/000095017023018078/0000950170-23-018078-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  RYAN SPECIALTY HOLDINGS, INC. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-05-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-01
  source text: Proposal 1 - Election of Directors The following nominees were elected to the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) to hold office for terms to expire upon the annual stockholders’ meeting to be held in 2026 or until their successors are elected and qualified, or until their earlier death, resignation or removal. The votes cast at the Annual Meeting were as follows: Nominee For Withheld Broker Non-Votes David P. Bolger 1,281,146,216 1,063,832 12,974,588 Nicholas D. Cortezi 1,280,277,625 1,935,649 12,971,362 Robert Le Blanc 1,245,876,800 36,333,248 12,974,588
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1849253/000095017023018078/0000950170-23-018078-index.htm

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