---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-033919"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NOTV"
cik: "0000720154"
company_name: "Inotiv, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-03-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T23:56:06.109564+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Inotiv shareholders elect Richard Johnson and Nigel Brown as Class II directors

## Summary
- Johnson received 6,032,125 for and 3,325,163 withheld; Brown received 8,432,012 for and 925,276 withheld.
- Ernst & Young LLP ratified as auditor for fiscal 2023 with 16,708,516 votes for, 7,075 against, 21,591 abstain.
- Auditor ratification had zero broker non-votes; director votes had 7,379,894 broker non-votes each.
- Annual meeting held March 16, 2023; 16,737,182 shares present in person or by proxy.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-033919
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NOTV
- cik: 0000720154
- company_name: Inotiv, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-03-17T23:59:59+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/720154/000110465923033919/0001104659-23-033919-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/720154/000110465923033919/tm239897d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Inotiv, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2023 at the 2023-03-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-03-16
  source text: The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2023 was ratified by the following votes: Vote Type Voted For 16,708,516 Against 7,075 Abstain 21,591 Broker Non-Votes 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/720154/000110465923033919/0001104659-23-033919-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Inotiv, Inc. shareholders approved Election of two Class II directors at the 2023-03-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-03-16
  source text: Two Class II members of the Board of Directors were elected to serve a three-year term until the 2026 annual meeting of shareholders by the following votes: Nominee For Withheld Broker Non-Votes Richard A. Johnson, Ph.D. 6,032,125 3,325,163 7,379,894 Nigel Brown, Ph.D. 8,432,012 925,276 7,379,894
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/720154/000110465923033919/0001104659-23-033919-index.htm

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