---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-058777"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CTS"
cik: "0000026058"
company_name: "CTS CORP"
filed_at: "2024-05-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T02:52:33.157034+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CTS shareholders elect seven directors, approve say-on-pay, ratify auditor

## Summary
- All director nominees elected; votes for ranged from 25.8M to 28.3M, with 799,741 broker non-votes.
- Non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 27.6M for, 725,697 against, 19,018 abstentions.
- Ratification of Grant Thornton as independent auditor for FY2024: 28.76M for, 411,876 against, 10,597 abstentions.
- Bylaws amended ministerially to remove annual board meeting reference and clarify corporate secretary duties.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-058777
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CTS
- cik: 0000026058
- company_name: CTS CORP
- filed_at: 2024-05-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/26058/000095017024058777/0000950170-24-058777-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/26058/000095017024058777/cts-20240509.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  CTS CORP shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of Grant Thornton, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2024 at the 2024-05-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-09
  source text: PROPOSAL 3 – Ratification of the appointment of Grant Thornton, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2024: NUMBER OF VOTES FOR NUMBER OF VOTES AGAINST NUMBER OF ABSTENTIONS 28,760,155 411,876 10,597
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/26058/000095017024058777/0000950170-24-058777-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CTS CORP shareholders approved Election of seven directors at the 2024-05-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-09
  source text: At the Annual Meeting, all director nominees were elected and proposals 2 and 3 were approved. The proposals below are described in more detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting filed with the SEC on March 29, 2024 (the “Proxy Statement”). The final results were as follows: PROPOSAL 1 – Election of seven directors until the next annual meeting of shareholders:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/26058/000095017024058777/0000950170-24-058777-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CTS CORP shareholders approved Approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the compensation of our named executive officers as described in the Proxy Statement at the 2024-05-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-09
  source text: PROPOSAL 2 – Approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the compensation of our named executive officers as described in the Proxy Statement: NUMBER OF VOTES FOR NUMBER OF VOTES AGAINST NUMBER OF ABSTENTIONS NUMBER OF BROKER NON-VOTES 27,638,172 725,697 19,018 799,741
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/26058/000095017024058777/0000950170-24-058777-index.htm

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