---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-072950"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SHAK"
cik: "0001620533"
company_name: "Shake Shack Inc."
filed_at: "2026-06-11T20:15:31+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T20:27:42.761893+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Shake Shack stockholders elect directors, ratify auditor, approve say-on-pay at annual meeting

## Summary
- Robert Lynch and Tristan Walker elected Class II directors with 31.3M and 24.0M votes for, respectively.
- Ernst & Young ratified as independent auditor for FY 2026 (36.6M for, 120k against).
- Advisory vote on named executive officer compensation approved (30.0M for, 2.0M against).
- All three proposals passed; no material changes to board or governance.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-072950
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SHAK
- cik: 0001620533
- company_name: Shake Shack Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-06-11T20:15:31+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1620533/000110465926072950/0001104659-26-072950-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1620533/000110465926072950/tm2617505d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Shake Shack Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as Shake Shack’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 30, 2026 at the 2026-06-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-10
  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 30, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1620533/000110465926072950/0001104659-26-072950-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Shake Shack Inc. shareholders approved Election of two Class II directors at the 2026-06-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-10
  source text: Shake Shack’s stockholders elected two nominees, Robert Lynch and Tristan Walker, as Class II directors to hold office until the annual meeting of stockholders to be held during Shake Shack’s 2029 fiscal year and until their respective successor is duly elected and qualified.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1620533/000110465926072950/0001104659-26-072950-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Shake Shack Inc. shareholders approved Advisory vote on the compensation of named executive officers at the 2026-06-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-10
  source text: Shake Shack’s stockholders approved the advisory resolution approving the compensation of Shake Shack’s Named Executive Officers.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1620533/000110465926072950/0001104659-26-072950-index.htm

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