---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-23-030049"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SIGA"
cik: "0001010086"
company_name: "SIGA TECHNOLOGIES INC"
filed_at: "2023-06-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T23:32:41.242035+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SIGA stockholders elect eight directors, ratify auditor, approve say-on-pay and three-year frequency

## Summary
- All eight director nominees elected with majority support; Jaymie A. Durnan received 45.6M for, 5.7M withheld.
- Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers as auditor for FY2023: 60.7M for, 2.8M against, 68k abstain.
- Non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 46.3M for, 5.0M against, 79k abstain.
- Frequency of future advisory votes: 27.6M for three years, 23.5M for one year; board adopts three-year cycle.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-23-030049
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SIGA
- cik: 0001010086
- company_name: SIGA TECHNOLOGIES INC
- filed_at: 2023-06-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- 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/1010086/000114036123030049/0001140361-23-030049-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1010086/000114036123030049/brhc20054507_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-23-030049.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  SIGA TECHNOLOGIES INC shareholders approved Approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company's named executive officers at the 2023-06-13 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-13
  source text: Approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company's named executive officers.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1010086/000114036123030049/0001140361-23-030049-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  SIGA TECHNOLOGIES INC shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-06-13 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-13
  source text: Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers 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/1010086/000114036123030049/0001140361-23-030049-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  SIGA TECHNOLOGIES INC shareholders approved Approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation at the 2023-06-13 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-13
  source text: Approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1010086/000114036123030049/0001140361-23-030049-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  SIGA TECHNOLOGIES INC shareholders approved Election of eight director nominees to hold office until the 2024 Annual Meeting at the 2023-06-13 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-13
  source text: Election of the following individuals to hold office as directors of the Company for terms of one year.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1010086/000114036123030049/0001140361-23-030049-index.htm

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