---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-021295"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NOVT"
cik: "0001076930"
company_name: "NOVANTA INC"
filed_at: "2023-05-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T03:28:44.280435+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Novanta shareholders elect all eight director nominees and approve compensation and auditor at 2023 AGM

## Summary
- All eight director nominees elected: Lonny Carpenter, Matthijs Glastra, Barbara Hulit, Maxine Mauricio, Katherine Owen, Thomas Secor, Darlene Solomon, Frank Wilson.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation passed with 31,773,157 votes for, 931,107 against, 16,777 abstained.
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP ratified as independent auditor for 2024 with 33,292,275 votes for, 163,929 withheld.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-021295
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NOVT
- cik: 0001076930
- company_name: NOVANTA INC
- filed_at: 2023-05-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1076930/000095017023021295/0000950170-23-021295-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1076930/000095017023021295/novt-20230510.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  NOVANTA INC shareholders approved Election of directors for a term of office expiring on the date of the annual meeting of shareholders in 2024, until their successor is elected or appointed, or until their earlier death, resignation, or removal. at the 2023-05-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-10
  source text: Item 1 — Election of directors for a term of office expiring on the date of the annual meeting of shareholders in 2024, until their successor is elected or appointed, or until their earlier death, resignation, or removal. NOMINEE Votes FOR Votes WITHHELD Broker Non-Votes Lonny J. Carpenter 31,837,396 883,645 735,163 Matthijs Glastra 31,797,974 923,067 735,163 Barbara B. Hulit 32,507,292 213,749 735,163 Maxine L. Mauricio 31,868,149 852,892 735,163 Katherine A. Owen 32,674,886 46,155 735,163 Thomas N. Secor 31,783,438 937,603 735,163 Darlene J. S. Solomon, Ph.D. 31,739,831 981,210 735,163 Frank A. Wilson 32,502,373 218,668 735,163
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1076930/000095017023021295/0000950170-23-021295-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  NOVANTA INC shareholders approved Approval, on an advisory basis, of the Company’s executive compensation. at the 2023-05-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-10
  source text: Item 2 — Approval, on an advisory basis, of the Company’s executive compensation. Votes FOR Votes AGAINST Votes ABSTAINED Broker Non-Votes 31,773,157 931,107 16,777 735,163
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1076930/000095017023021295/0000950170-23-021295-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  NOVANTA INC shareholders approved Appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm to serve until the 2024 annual meeting of shareholders. at the 2023-05-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-10
  source text: Item 3 — Appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm to serve until the 2024 annual meeting of shareholders. Votes FOR Votes WITHHELD 33,292,275 163,929
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1076930/000095017023021295/0000950170-23-021295-index.htm

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