---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-025685"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACVA"
cik: "0001637873"
company_name: "ACV Auctions Inc."
filed_at: "2023-06-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T09:25:19.462075+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ACV Auctions stockholders elect directors, approve say-on-pay at 2023 annual meeting

## Summary
- Brian Hirsch and Eileen Kamerick elected as Class II directors for terms expiring 2026.
- Non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation approved with ~387.7M for, ~0.9M against.
- Stockholders favor one-year frequency for future say-on-pay votes (307.4M votes for one year).
- Ernst & Young ratified as independent auditor for fiscal 2023 (407.1M for, 47.4K against).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-025685
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACVA
- cik: 0001637873
- company_name: ACV Auctions Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-06-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1637873/000095017023025685/0000950170-23-025685-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1637873/000095017023025685/acva-20230530.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  ACV Auctions Inc. shareholders approved Election of Directors Brian Hirsch and Eileen A. Kamerick as Class II directors to serve until the 2026 Annual Meeting at the 2023-05-30 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-30
  source text: Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. On May 30, 2023, ACV Auctions Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (“Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders voted on the four proposals set forth below. A more detailed description of each proposal is set forth in the Company’s proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 19, 2023. Proposal 1 – Election of Directors Brian Hirsch and Eileen A. Kamerick were each elected to serve as a Class II director of the Company’s Board of Directors until the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until his or her successor is duly elected or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. The voting results were as follows: Nominee Votes For Votes Against Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes Brian Hirsch 387,917,655 0 716,062 18,507,414 Eileen A. Kamerick 354,997,478 0 33,636,239 18,507,414
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1637873/000095017023025685/0000950170-23-025685-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ACV Auctions Inc. shareholders approved Approval of Frequency of Executive Compensation Votes (non-binding advisory vote on frequency of future say-on-pay votes) at the 2023-05-30 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-30
  source text: Proposal 3 – Approval of Frequency of Executive Compensation Votes The stockholders approved, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the frequency of one year for future non-binding, advisory votes to approve the compensation of our named executive officers. The voting results were as follows: Votes For 1 yr. Votes For 2 yr. Votes For 3 yr. Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes 307,436,886 6,602 81,097,706 92,523 18,507,414
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1637873/000095017023025685/0000950170-23-025685-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ACV Auctions Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (Ernst and Young LLP) at the 2023-05-30 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-30
  source text: Proposal 4 - Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm The stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst and Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023. The voting results were as follows: Votes For Votes Against Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes 407,087,402 47,391 6,338 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1637873/000095017023025685/0000950170-23-025685-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ACV Auctions Inc. shareholders approved Approval of Executive Compensation (non-binding advisory vote) at the 2023-05-30 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-30
  source text: Proposal 2 – Approval of Executive Compensation The stockholders approved, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers. The voting results were as follows: Votes For Votes Against Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes 387,714,859 884,133 34,725 18,507,414
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1637873/000095017023025685/0000950170-23-025685-index.htm

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