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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-129802"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DBGI"
cik: "0001668010"
company_name: "Digital Brands Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-12-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T06:23:39.545742+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Digital Brands Group holds annual meeting, elects directors and approves shareholder proposals

## Summary
- Elected five directors: John Hilburn Davis IV, Mark T. Lynn, Trevor Pettennude, Jameeka Green Aaron, Huong 'Lucy' Doan.
- Approved amendment to 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan to increase authorized shares to 200,000 (379,841 for, 85,749 against).
- Approved issuance of common stock to CEO under Performance Stock Award Agreement per Nasdaq rules (383,165 for).
- Ratified Macias Gini & O'Connell LLP as independent auditor for FY2023 (557,789 for).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-129802
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DBGI
- cik: 0001668010
- company_name: Digital Brands Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-12-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1668010/000110465923129802/0001104659-23-129802-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1668010/000110465923129802/tm2333779d3_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Digital Brands Group, Inc. shareholders approved Approval of Issuance of Common Stock to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer at the 2023-12-22 meeting.
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-12-22
  source text: Stockholders approved, for purposes of complying with Nasdaq Listing Rule Section 5635(c), of the issuance of shares of the Company’s common stock to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer pursuant to a Performance Stock Award Agreement
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1668010/000110465923129802/0001104659-23-129802-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Digital Brands Group, Inc. shareholders approved Approval of Amendments to the Company’s 2020 Omnibus Incentive Stock Plan to Increase the Shares Authorized for Issuance under the Plan at the 2023-12-22 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-12-22
  source text: Stockholders approved amendments to the Plan to increase the aggregate number of shares of common stock authorized for issuance under the Plan to 200,000 shares
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1668010/000110465923129802/0001104659-23-129802-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Digital Brands Group, Inc. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-12-22 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-12-22
  source text: Each of the following five nominees was elected to the Company’s Board of Directors, in accordance with the voting results listed below
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1668010/000110465923129802/0001104659-23-129802-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Digital Brands Group, Inc. shareholders approved Approval of Adjournment of the Annual Meeting, if Necessary and Appropriate at the 2023-12-22 meeting.
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-12-22
  source text: Stockholders approved adjournment of the Annual Meeting from time to time to a later date or dates, if necessary and appropriate, under certain circumstances
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1668010/000110465923129802/0001104659-23-129802-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Digital Brands Group, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2023-12-22 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-12-22
  source text: Stockholders ratified the appointment of Macias Gini & O’Connell LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1668010/000110465923129802/0001104659-23-129802-index.htm

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