---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-057409"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AESI"
cik: "0001984060"
company_name: "Atlas Energy Solutions Inc."
filed_at: "2024-05-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T04:17:30.310395+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Atlas Energy shareholders elect two directors; board reduced to 8

## Summary
- Brigham and Howard elected as Class I directors with 30.8M and 30.3M for votes; 42.2M broker non-votes each.
- Ernst & Young ratified as independent auditor for FY2024; 75.9M for, 20k against, 2.8k abstain.
- Board size reduced from 9 to 8 effective May 9, 2024; now includes Brigham, Burleson, Hock, Howard, Langford, Mills, Rogers, Voyles.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-057409
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AESI
- cik: 0001984060
- company_name: Atlas Energy Solutions Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-05-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1984060/000095017024057409/0000950170-24-057409-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1984060/000095017024057409/aesi-20240509.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Atlas Energy Solutions Inc. shareholders approved Election of Class I Directors at the 2024-05-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-09
  source text: Proposal 1 - Election of Directors. The Company’s stockholders were requested to elect the following nominees to serve as Class I directors of the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) for three-year terms expiring at the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The voting results were as follows: Director For Withheld Broker Non-Votes Ben M. “Bud” Brigham 30,798,952 2,884,353 42,189,891 J. Michael Howard 30,301,427 3,381,878 42,189,891
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1984060/000095017024057409/0000950170-24-057409-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Atlas Energy Solutions Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2024-05-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-09
  source text: Proposal 2 - Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. The Company’s stockholders were requested to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024. The voting results were as follows: For Against Abstentions 75,850,276 20,108 2,812
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1984060/000095017024057409/0000950170-24-057409-index.htm

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