---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-023154"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EEX"
cik: "0001579214"
company_name: "Emerald Holding, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-05-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T19:47:14.968251+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.0
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.0
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Emerald Holding stockholders approve all proposals at 2023 annual meeting

## Summary
- Elected Class III directors Michael Alicea and Emmanuelle Skala with 122.1M and 120.3M votes for, respectively.
- Elected Preferred Stock directors Lynda Clarizio and David Levin with 71.1M and 71.1M for, respectively.
- Ratified PricewaterhouseCoopers as independent auditor with 127.5M votes for, 37,664 against.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved with 122.9M for vs 578,667 against.
- Stockholders selected three years as frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation (118.9M votes).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-023154
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EEX
- cik: 0001579214
- company_name: Emerald Holding, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-05-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.0
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.0
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579214/000095017023023154/0000950170-23-023154-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579214/000095017023023154/eex-20230517.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Emerald Holding, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the current fiscal year at the 2023-05-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-17
  source text: Proposal Two: Ratification of the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the current fiscal year For 127,450,073 Against 37,664 Abstain — Broker Non-Votes —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579214/000095017023023154/0000950170-23-023154-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Emerald Holding, Inc. shareholders approved Non-Binding Advisory Vote to Approve the Compensation of Our Named Executive Officers at the 2023-05-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-17
  source text: Proposal Three: Non-Binding Advisory Vote to Approve the Compensation of Our Named Executive Officers For 122,939,879 Against 578,667 Abstain 9,326 Broker Non-Votes 3,959,865
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579214/000095017023023154/0000950170-23-023154-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Emerald Holding, Inc. shareholders approved Election of Class III Directors and Preferred Stock Directors at the 2023-05-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-17
  source text: Proposal One: Election of Class III Directors Nominees For Withheld Broker Non-Votes Michael Alicea 122,118,977 1,408,895 3,959,865 Emmanuelle Skala 120,331,503 3,196,369 3,959,865 Election of Preferred Stock Directors Nominees For Withheld Broker Non-Votes Lynda Clarizio 71,065,106 1,158 65,380 David Levin 71,065,646 618 65,380
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579214/000095017023023154/0000950170-23-023154-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Emerald Holding, Inc. shareholders approved Non-Binding Advisory Vote to Approve the Frequency of Future Advisory Votes on Executive Compensation at the 2023-05-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-17
  source text: Proposal Four: Non-Binding Advisory Vote to Approve the Frequency of Future Advisory Votes on Executive Compensation Three Years 118,917,230 Two Years 45,090 One Year 4,558,638 Abstain 6,913 Broker Non-Votes 3,959,865
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579214/000095017023023154/0000950170-23-023154-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Emerald Holding, Inc. shareholders approved Approval of the Second Amendment and Restatement of the 2017 Omnibus Equity Plan at the 2023-05-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-17
  source text: Proposal Five: Approval of the Second Amendment and Restatement of the 2017 Omnibus Equity Plan For 120,484,700 Against 2,939,539 Abstain 103,632 Broker Non-Votes 3,959,865
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579214/000095017023023154/0000950170-23-023154-index.htm

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