---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-028767"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TKNO"
cik: "0001850902"
company_name: "Alpha Teknova, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-06-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T21:49:36.674569+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Alpha Teknova shareholders elect Class II directors and ratify Ernst & Young as auditor for FY2023

## Summary
- 92.61% of outstanding shares (26,108,719) represented at the 2023 Annual Meeting.
- Irene Davis, J. Matthew Mackowski, and Brett Robertson elected as Class II directors; each received >21.6M votes for.
- Ernst & Young LLP ratified as independent auditor for fiscal 2023 with 26,093,103 votes for, 14,484 against.
- Broker non-votes on director election totaled 2,408,192; no other proposals were contested.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-028767
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TKNO
- cik: 0001850902
- company_name: Alpha Teknova, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-06-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1850902/000095017023028767/0000950170-23-028767-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1850902/000095017023028767/tkno-20230613.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Alpha Teknova, Inc. shareholders approved To elect nominees to serve as Class II directors until 2026 Annual Meeting at the 2023-06-13 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-13
  source text: Proposal No. 1 : To elect the following nominees to serve as Class II directors until the Company’s 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. Nominee For Withhold Broker Non-Votes Irene Davis 21,682,771 2,017,756 2,408,192 J. Matthew Mackowski 22,584,768 1,115,759 2,408,192 Brett Robertson 23,594,530 105,997 2,408,192
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1850902/000095017023028767/0000950170-23-028767-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Alpha Teknova, Inc. shareholders approved To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2023 at the 2023-06-13 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-13
  source text: Proposal No. 2 : To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023. For Against Abstentions 26,093,103 14,484 1,132
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1850902/000095017023028767/0000950170-23-028767-index.htm

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