---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-076365"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SHAK"
cik: "0001620533"
company_name: "Shake Shack Inc."
filed_at: "2023-06-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T14:53:58.253029+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.05
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.05
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Shake Shack annual meeting results: all director nominees elected, auditor ratified, say-on-pay approved

## Summary
- Randy Garutti, Joshua Silverman, Jonathan Sokoloff, Tristan Walker elected as Class II directors; broker non-votes 4,818,566.
- Ernst & Young ratified as independent auditor for fiscal 2023: 35,940,350 for, 80,750 against, 30,577 abstentions.
- Advisory vote on named executive officer compensation passed: 28,124,043 for, 3,058,757 against, 50,311 abstentions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-076365
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SHAK
- cik: 0001620533
- company_name: Shake Shack Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-06-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.05
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.05
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1620533/000110465923076365/0001104659-23-076365-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1620533/000110465923076365/tm2320159d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Shake Shack Inc. shareholders approved Advisory vote on the compensation of named executive officers at the 2023-06-29 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-29
  source text: Shake Shack’s stockholders approved the advisory resolution approving the compensation of Shake Shack’s Named Executive Officers. The voting results are set forth below: Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 28,124,043 3,058,757 50,311 4,818,566
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1620533/000110465923076365/0001104659-23-076365-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Shake Shack Inc. shareholders approved Election of four Class II directors at the 2023-06-29 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-29
  source text: The results of the stockholder vote are set forth below: Name Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes Randy Garutti 30,440,024 793,087 4,818,566 Joshua Silverman 24,236,426 6,996,685 4,818,566 Jonathan D. Sokoloff 30,398,993 834,118 4,818,566 Tristan Walker 25,366,486 5,866,625 4,818,566
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1620533/000110465923076365/0001104659-23-076365-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Shake Shack Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year ending December 27, 2023 at the 2023-06-29 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-29
  source text: Shake Shack’s stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 27, 2023. The voting results are set forth below: Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 35,940,350 80,750 30,577 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1620533/000110465923076365/0001104659-23-076365-index.htm

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