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accession: "0001104659-25-053616"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SMTK"
cik: "0001817760"
company_name: "SmartKem, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-05-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-20T08:33:10.427343+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
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source: SEC EDGAR
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# SmartKem shareholders approve 800K share increase to equity plan; DenBaars elected director

## Summary
- Steven DenBaars elected Class I director for three-year term expiring 2028; 1,296,796 votes for, 348,663 withheld.
- Ratification of CBIZ CPAs P.C. as independent auditor for FY2025 approved (1,724,061 for, 15,170 against).
- Amendment to 2021 Equity Incentive Plan approved: authorized shares increased from 843,692 to 1,643,692.
- Evergreen provision reset to 4% of outstanding common shares annually, effective for fiscal years starting Jan 1, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-25-053616
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SMTK
- cik: 0001817760
- company_name: SmartKem, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-05-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1817760/000110465925053616/0001104659-25-053616-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1817760/000110465925053616/tm2516204d1_8k.htm

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