---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-056836"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NOVT"
cik: "0001076930"
company_name: "NOVANTA INC"
filed_at: "2024-05-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T04:47:01.664085+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Novanta shareholders approve all proposals at 2024 annual meeting

## Summary
- 94.33% of outstanding shares (33.9M) were present or represented at the May 8, 2024 AGM.
- All nine director nominees elected: votes for ranged from 32.5M to 33.0M; broker non-votes 829,290.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 32.4M for, 625K against, 13K abstained.
- Deloitte & Touche LLP ratified as auditor with 33.8M votes for and 40K withheld.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-056836
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NOVT
- cik: 0001076930
- company_name: NOVANTA INC
- filed_at: 2024-05-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1076930/000095017024056836/0000950170-24-056836-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1076930/000095017024056836/novt-20240508.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  NOVANTA INC shareholders approved Approval, on an advisory basis, of the Company's executive compensation at the 2024-05-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-08
  source text: Item 2 — Approval, on an advisory basis, of the Company's executive compensation. Votes FOR Votes AGAINST Votes ABSTAINED Broker Non-Votes 32,388,395 625,061 13,435 829,290
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1076930/000095017024056836/0000950170-24-056836-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  NOVANTA INC shareholders approved Election of directors for a term of office expiring on the date of the Company's next Annual Meeting of Shareholders in 2025 at the 2024-05-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-08
  source text: Item 1 — Election of directors for a term of office expiring on the date of the Company's next Annual Meeting of Shareholders in 2025, until their successor is elected or appointed, or until their earlier death, resignation, or removal.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1076930/000095017024056836/0000950170-24-056836-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  NOVANTA INC shareholders approved Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm at the 2024-05-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-08
  source text: Item 3 — Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm to serve until the Company's next Annual Meeting of Shareholders in 2025. Votes FOR Votes WITHHELD 33,816,295 39,886
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1076930/000095017024056836/0000950170-24-056836-index.htm

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