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accession: "0000950170-23-026851"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BRKR"
cik: "0001109354"
company_name: "BRUKER CORP"
filed_at: "2023-06-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T05:37:39.436387+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bruker reports 2023 Annual Meeting results; all director nominees elected and compensation vote approved

## Summary
- Class II directors Cynthia Friend, Philip Ma, and Hermann Requardt elected with 137M, 135M, and 132M votes for, respectively.
- Advisory vote on 2022 executive compensation approved: 135.8M for, 5.3M against.
- Board decides to hold advisory vote on executive compensation every year after 100.9M favored annual frequency.
- Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers as independent auditor for FY2023 approved with 143.0M for, 0.2M against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-026851
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BRKR
- cik: 0001109354
- company_name: BRUKER CORP
- filed_at: 2023-06-07T23:59:59+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/1109354/000095017023026851/0000950170-23-026851-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1109354/000095017023026851/brkr-20230607.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  BRUKER CORP shareholders approved Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2023-06-07 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-07
  source text: Proposal No. 4 - Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm The proposal to ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2023 was approved based on the following votes: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 142,988,240 181,093 24,593 N/A
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1109354/000095017023026851/0000950170-23-026851-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  BRUKER CORP shareholders approved Advisory Vote on the Frequency of Future Advisory Votes on Named Executive Officer Compensation at the 2023-06-07 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-07
  source text: Proposal No. 3 - Advisory Vote on the Frequency of Future Advisory Votes on Named Executive Officer Compensation The result of the advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of named executive officers is set forth below: Every Year Every Two Years Every Three Years Abstain Broker Non-Votes 100,956,791 4,842 40,135,378 26,896 N/A
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1109354/000095017023026851/0000950170-23-026851-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  BRUKER CORP shareholders approved Election of Class II Directors at the 2023-06-07 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-07
  source text: Proposal No. 1 - Election of Directors Nominees for Class II director: For Withheld Broker Non-Votes Cynthia M. Friend, Ph.D. 137,126,233 3,997,674 2,070,019 Philip Ma, Ph.D. 134,888,471 6,235,436 2,070,019 Hermann Requardt, Ph.D 132,217,047 8,906,860 2,070,019
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1109354/000095017023026851/0000950170-23-026851-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  BRUKER CORP shareholders approved Advisory Vote on the 2022 Compensation of Named Executive Officers at the 2023-06-07 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-07
  source text: Proposal No. 2 - Advisory Vote on the 2022 Compensation of Named Executive Officers The proposal to approve, on an advisory basis, the 2022 compensation of the named executive officers as disclosed in the Company’s proxy statement for the 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders was approved based on the following votes: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 135,795,935 5,297,389 30,583 2,070,019
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1109354/000095017023026851/0000950170-23-026851-index.htm

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