---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001006837-23-000073"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VATE"
cik: "0001006837"
company_name: "INNOVATE Corp."
filed_at: "2023-06-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T23:32:21.203279+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# INNOVATE Corp. shareholders elect directors and approve all proposals at annual meeting

## Summary
- Avram Glazer, Wayne Barr Jr., Warren Gfeller, Brian Goldstein, Amy Wilkinson elected with >30M votes each; ~19.3M broker non-votes.
- Advisory say-on-pay passed with 34.7M for vs 2.6M against.
- Tax Benefit Preservation Plan amendment ratified to extend expiration from Oct 2023 to June 2024 (32.1M for vs 4.9M against).
- Appointment of BDO USA as auditor ratified with 55.3M for vs 1.1M against; no broker non-votes.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001006837-23-000073
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VATE
- cik: 0001006837
- company_name: INNOVATE Corp.
- filed_at: 2023-06-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1006837/000100683723000073/0001006837-23-000073-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1006837/000100683723000073/hchc-20230615.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001006837-23-000073.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  INNOVATE Corp. shareholders approved Ratification of the amendment to the Tax Benefit Preservation Plan adopted by the Board on April 1, 2023 to extend the Final Expiration Date from October 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024 at the 2023-06-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-15
  source text: The holders of the Company’s Common Stock and Preferred Stock, voting as a single class and with the Preferred Stock voting on an as-converted basis, voted to ratify the amendment of the Tax Benefit Preservation Plan adopted by the Board of Directors on April 1, 2023 to extend the Final Expiration Date from October 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024, or such later date and time as may be subsequently approved
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1006837/000100683723000073/0001006837-23-000073-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  INNOVATE Corp. shareholders approved Approval of Advisory Vote on the Compensation of the Company's Named Executive Officers (Say on Pay Vote) at the 2023-06-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-15
  source text: The holders of the Company’s Common Stock and Preferred Stock, voting as a single class and with the Preferred Stock voting on an as-converted basis, voted to approve the non-binding, advisory proposal on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1006837/000100683723000073/0001006837-23-000073-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  INNOVATE Corp. shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of BDO USA, LLP, as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024 at the 2023-06-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-15
  source text: The holders of the Company’s Common Stock and Preferred Stock, voting as a single class and with the Preferred Stock voting on an as-converted basis, voted to ratify the appointment of BDO USA, LLP, as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1006837/000100683723000073/0001006837-23-000073-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  INNOVATE Corp. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-06-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-15
  source text: The holders of the shares of the Company’s Common Stock and Preferred Stock, voting as a single class and with the Preferred Stock voting on an as-converted basis, voted to elect the following five nominees as members of the Board of Directors of the Company, each to hold office until the Company’s 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1006837/000100683723000073/0001006837-23-000073-index.htm

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