---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-026896"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SEAT"
cik: "0001856031"
company_name: "Vivid Seats Inc."
filed_at: "2023-06-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T05:17:13.171526+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Vivid Seats stockholders elect three Class II directors, ratify auditor at 2023 annual meeting

## Summary
- Elected Craig Dixon, Tom Ehrhart, and Martin Taylor as Class II directors; each received >174M votes for.
- Ratified Deloitte & Touche as independent auditor for FY2023 with 192M votes for, 3,775 against.
- Total voting shares present: 192,019,780 (98.06% of outstanding common stock as of record date April 11, 2023).
- Broker non-votes on director election: 8,169,253; none on auditor ratification.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-026896
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SEAT
- cik: 0001856031
- company_name: Vivid Seats Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-06-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- 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/1856031/000095017023026896/0000950170-23-026896-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1856031/000095017023026896/seat-20230606.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Vivid Seats Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2023-06-06 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-06
  source text: The Company’s stockholders approved the ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023. For Against Abstain 192,001,239 3,775 14,766
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1856031/000095017023026896/0000950170-23-026896-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Vivid Seats Inc. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-06-06 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-06
  source text: The Company’s stockholders elected each of the following directors as a Class II director to serve until the Company’s 2026 Annual Meeting. The results of the voting were as follows: Name Number of Shares Voted For Number of Shares Withheld Broker Non-Votes Craig Dixon 174,666,206 9,184,321 8,169,253 Tom Ehrhart 174,644,192 9,206,335 8,169,253 Martin Taylor 175,000,461 8,850,066 8,169,253
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1856031/000095017023026896/0000950170-23-026896-index.htm

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