---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-067533"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TELA"
cik: "0001561921"
company_name: "TELA Bio, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-06-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T08:13:51.061285+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# TELA Bio stockholders elect Lisa Colleran and Doug Evans as Class I directors; ratify KPMG as auditor

## Summary
- Lisa Colleran elected with 14,316,642 votes for and 1,055,675 withheld; Doug Evans with 13,535,182 for and 1,837,135 withheld.
- Ratification of KPMG as independent auditor for FY2023 passed with 17,188,505 for, 3,312 against, 1,957 abstentions.
- Total shares outstanding at April 5, 2023 record date: 19,227,777; broker non-votes on director election: 1,821,457.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-067533
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TELA
- cik: 0001561921
- company_name: TELA Bio, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-06-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1561921/000110465923067533/0001104659-23-067533-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1561921/000110465923067533/tm2317570d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  TELA Bio, Inc. shareholders approved Election of Class I Directors at the 2023-06-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-01
  source text: Each of Lisa Colleran and Doug Evans were elected to the Board to serve as Class I directors until the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors, if any, are elected or appointed, or their earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal, as follows: Name For Withheld Broker Non-Votes Lisa Colleran 14,316,642 1,055,675 1,821,457 Doug Evans 13,535,182 1,837,135 1,821,457
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1561921/000110465923067533/0001104659-23-067533-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  TELA Bio, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accountants at the 2023-06-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-01
  source text: The appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2023 fiscal year was ratified, as follows: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 17,188,505 3,312 1,957 –
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1561921/000110465923067533/0001104659-23-067533-index.htm

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