--- schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1" accession: "0001104659-23-049781" form_type: "8-K" ticker: "HUN" cik: "0001307954" company_name: "Huntsman CORP" filed_at: "2023-04-26T23:59:59+00:00" generated_at: "2026-06-16T12:00:59.872362+00:00" event_type: "other_material" sentiment: "neutral" materiality_score: 0.25 calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25 confidence: "high" source: SEC EDGAR --- # Huntsman shareholders approve director election, charter amendment, and advisory votes ## Summary - All 10 director nominees re-elected at April 21 annual meeting; say-on-pay approved with ~96% support. - Charter amendment adding officer exculpation under Delaware law passed (133M for, 24M against). - Bylaws amended to revise director nomination procedures and require Rule 14a-19 compliance. - Shareholder proposal on ratification of excessive termination pay rejected (7.9M for, 149M against). - Ratification of Deloitte as independent auditor approved (163.9M for, 8.2M against). ## SEC filing metadata - accession: 0001104659-23-049781 - form_type: 8-K - ticker: HUN - cik: 0001307954 - company_name: Huntsman CORP - filed_at: 2023-04-26T23:59:59+00:00 - event_type: other_material - 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/1307954/000110465923049781/0001104659-23-049781-index.htm - EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1307954/000110465923049781/tm2313676d1_8k.htm ## Machine-readable alternates - HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-049781 - JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-049781.json - Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-049781.txt ## Key facts - Governance Changes Huntsman CORP: Board adopted Seventh Amended and Restated Bylaws, revising director nomination procedures, majority voting provisions, and making administrative updates (effective 2023-04-21). - Change: bylaw amendment - Effective: 2023-04-21 source text: On April 21, 2023, the Board of Directors of the Company adopted and approved an amendment and restatement of the Sixth Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1307954/000110465923049781/0001104659-23-049781-index.htm - Governance Changes Huntsman CORP: Stockholders approved an Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation adding a provision exculpating certain officers from liability and incorpor ating ministerial, clarifying and conforming changes (effective 2023-04-21). - Change: charter amendment - Effective: 2023-04-21 source text: the Company’s stockholders approved the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “ Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation ”) to, among other things, add a provision exculpating certain of the Company’s officers from liability in specific circumstances, as permitted by Delaware law. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1307954/000110465923049781/0001104659-23-049781-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Huntsman CORP shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-04-21 meeting. - Proposal: auditor ratification - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-04-21 source text: Proposal 4 The ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche 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/1307954/000110465923049781/0001104659-23-049781-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Huntsman CORP shareholders approved Advisory vote to approve the preferred frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of our named executive officers at the 2023-04-21 meeting. - Proposal: say on pay frequency - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-04-21 source text: Proposal 3 Advisory vote to approve the preferred frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of our named executive officers. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1307954/000110465923049781/0001104659-23-049781-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Huntsman CORP shareholders approved Advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation at the 2023-04-21 meeting. - Proposal: say on pay - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-04-21 source text: Proposal 2 The advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1307954/000110465923049781/0001104659-23-049781-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Huntsman CORP shareholders rejected Stockholder proposal regarding shareholder ratification of excessive termination pay at the 2023-04-21 meeting. - Proposal: auditor ratification - Outcome: failed - Meeting: 2023-04-21 source text: Proposal 6 The stockholder proposal regarding shareholder ratification of excessive termination pay. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1307954/000110465923049781/0001104659-23-049781-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Huntsman CORP shareholders approved Election of 10 director nominees at the 2023-04-21 meeting. - Proposal: director election - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-04-21 source text: Proposal 1 To elect as directors 10 nominees to serve until the 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or her/his earlier resignation, removal or death. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1307954/000110465923049781/0001104659-23-049781-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Huntsman CORP shareholders approved Approve the Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation at the 2023-04-21 meeting. - Proposal: charter amendment - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-04-21 source text: Proposal 5 Vote to approve the Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1307954/000110465923049781/0001104659-23-049781-index.htm This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. 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