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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-074239"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DERM"
cik: "0001867066"
company_name: "Journey Medical Corp"
filed_at: "2023-06-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T18:28:20.222264+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Journey Medical stockholders approve 2023 ESPP, elect directors, ratify KPMG

## Summary
- 2023 ESPP approved with 300,000 shares reserved; employees purchase at 85% of lower of grant/purchase date FMV.
- All six director nominees elected: Rosenwald, Maraoui, Herskowitz, Paley, Smith, Toledano.
- KPMG ratified as independent auditor for FY23 with 19,431,599 votes for.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-074239
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DERM
- cik: 0001867066
- company_name: Journey Medical Corp
- filed_at: 2023-06-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1867066/000110465923074239/0001104659-23-074239-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1867066/000110465923074239/tm2319590d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Journey Medical Corp shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as Journey's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-06-21 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-21
  source text: Proposal 2 The vote with respect to the ratification of KPMG LLP as Journey’s independent registered accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023 was as follows: Total Votes For Total Votes Against Abstentions 19,431,599 25,051 919
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1867066/000110465923074239/0001104659-23-074239-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Journey Medical Corp shareholders approved Approval of the Journey Medical Corporation 2023 Employee Stock Purchase Plan at the 2023-06-21 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-21
  source text: Proposal 3 The vote with respect to the approval of the Journey Medical Corporation 2023 Employee Stock Purchase Plan was as follows: Total Votes For Total Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 16,085,316 126,286 500 3,245,467
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1867066/000110465923074239/0001104659-23-074239-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Journey Medical Corp shareholders approved Election of six directors to hold office until the 2024 annual meeting of stockholders at the 2023-06-21 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-21
  source text: Proposal 1 The votes with respect to the election of six directors to hold office until the 2023 annual meeting of stockholders were as follows: Director Votes For Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes Lindsay A. Rosenwald, M.D. 16,021,582 190,520 3,245,467 Claude Maraoui 16,158,703 53,399 3,245,467 Neil Herskowitz 16,140,007 72,095 3,245,467 Dr. Jeffrey Paley 16,155,835 56,267 3,245,467 Justin Smith 16,125,618 86,484 3,245,467 Miranda Toledano 16,015,287 196,815 3,245,467
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1867066/000110465923074239/0001104659-23-074239-index.htm

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