---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-061489"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CYRX"
cik: "0001124524"
company_name: "Cryoport, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-05-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T23:13:37.216606+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cryoport AGM: high withhold votes for three directors; say-on-pay and auditor ratified

## Summary
- Ramkumar Mandalam received 20.8M withhold votes; Robert Hariri 17.9M; Richard Berman 15.9M.
- All eight director nominees elected; broker non-votes of 2.8M on proposals.
- Ratification of Deloitte & Touche passed with 47.4M votes for, 10.9K against.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 43.0M for, 1.6M against.
- Annual meeting held on May 12, 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-061489
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CYRX
- cik: 0001124524
- company_name: Cryoport, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-05-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1124524/000110465923061489/0001104659-23-061489-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1124524/000110465923061489/tm2315958d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Cryoport, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte and Touche LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company and its subsidiaries for the year ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-05-12 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-12
  source text: Proposal No. 2: Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte and Touche LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company and its subsidiaries for the year ending December 31, 2023. This proposal was approved as set forth below: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 47,362,220 10,936 3,639 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1124524/000110465923061489/0001104659-23-061489-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Cryoport, Inc. shareholders approved Advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed in the Proxy Statement at the 2023-05-12 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-12
  source text: Proposal No. 3: Advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed in the Proxy Statement. This proposal was approved as set forth below: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 42,966,805 1,608,485 27,465 2,774,040
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1124524/000110465923061489/0001104659-23-061489-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Cryoport, Inc. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-05-12 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-12
  source text: The individuals listed below were elected to serve as directors of the Company until the Company’s 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified or their earlier death, resignation, or removal: Director Nominee Votes For Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes Linda Baddour 43,594,307 1,008,448 2,774,040 Richard Berman 28,709,314 15,893,441 2,774,040 Daniel M. Hancock 43,599,728 1,003,027 2,774,040 Robert Hariri, M.D., Ph.D. 26,694,207 17,908,548 2,774,040 Ram M. Jagannath 43,444,923 1,157,832 2,774,040 Ramkumar Mandalam, Ph.D. 23,771,230 20,831,525 2,774,040 Jerrell W. Shelton 43,151,882 1,450,873 2,774,040 Edward J. Zecchini 43,600,450 1,002,305 2,774,040
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1124524/000110465923061489/0001104659-23-061489-index.htm

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