---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-068093"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CDRE"
cik: "0001860543"
company_name: "Cadre Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-06-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T07:36:03.742183+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cadre Holdings stockholders elect all five director nominees and ratify KPMG as auditor

## Summary
- Warren B. Kanders (31.9M for), Nicholas Sokolow (24.0M for) and three others elected; Sokolow and Quigley each received over 7.6M withheld votes.
- Ratification of KPMG as independent auditor passed with 35.58M votes for, 37,453 against, 984 abstentions.
- Approximately 94.8% of outstanding shares were represented at the meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-068093
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CDRE
- cik: 0001860543
- company_name: Cadre Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-06-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1860543/000110465923068093/0001104659-23-068093-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1860543/000110465923068093/tm2317729d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Cadre Holdings, Inc. shareholders approved To ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-12-31 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-12-31
  source text: Proposal 2 – To ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023: Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstained Broker Non-Votes 35,580,169 37,453 984 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1860543/000110465923068093/0001104659-23-068093-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Cadre Holdings, Inc. shareholders approved To elect five members to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors until the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: Proposal 1 – To elect five members to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors until the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified: Name Votes For Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes Warren B. Kanders 31,900,115 131,500 3,586,991 Nicholas Sokolow 24,011,532 8,020,083 3,586,991 Hamish Norton 31,941,813 89,802 3,586,991 William Quigley 24,352,063 7,679,552 3,586,991 Deborah A. DeCotis 25,627,282 6,404,333 3,586,991
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1860543/000110465923068093/0001104659-23-068093-index.htm

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