---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001111928-26-000120"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IPGP"
cik: "0001111928"
company_name: "IPG PHOTONICS CORP"
filed_at: "2026-05-15T20:29:44+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T20:34:32.934207+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# IPG Photonics annual meeting elects all ten directors, approves exec compensation, ratifies auditor

## Summary
- All ten director nominees elected with majority support; vote tallies ranged from ~36.2M to ~37.8M votes for.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation passed: 27,089,325 for, 10,719,258 against, 159,740 abstentions.
- Ratification of Deloitte & Touche as independent auditor for 2026 approved: 39,419,373 for, 614,181 against.
- Meeting held May 12, 2026; total shares outstanding and broker non-votes disclosed for each item.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001111928-26-000120
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IPGP
- cik: 0001111928
- company_name: IPG PHOTONICS CORP
- filed_at: 2026-05-15T20:29:44+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- 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/1111928/000111192826000120/0001111928-26-000120-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1111928/000111192826000120/ipgp-20260512.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  IPG PHOTONICS CORP shareholders approved Ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2026 at the 2026-05-12 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-12
  source text: Ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2026 Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 39,419,373 614,181 24,444 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1111928/000111192826000120/0001111928-26-000120-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  IPG PHOTONICS CORP shareholders approved Election of ten directors at the 2026-05-12 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-12
  source text: Election of ten directors Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes Gregory Beecher 37,779,429 177,561 11,333 2,089,675
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1111928/000111192826000120/0001111928-26-000120-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  IPG PHOTONICS CORP shareholders approved Advisory vote to approve our executive compensation at the 2026-05-12 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-12
  source text: Advisory vote to approve our executive compensation Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 27,089,325 10,719,258 159,740 2,089,675
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1111928/000111192826000120/0001111928-26-000120-index.htm

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