---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-23-031415"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BCPC"
cik: "0000009326"
company_name: "BALCHEM CORP"
filed_at: "2023-06-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T17:29:06.730704+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Balchem shareholders approve Amended 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan, adding 800,000 authorized shares

## Summary
- Annual Meeting held June 22, 2023; Plan approved with 26,513,603 votes for (96.1% of votes cast).
- David Fischer elected Class 3 director with 22,999,214 votes for.
- RSM US LLP ratified as independent auditor (28,779,713 for).
- Advisory say-on-pay approved; Company will hold vote every year based on shareholder preference.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-23-031415
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BCPC
- cik: 0000009326
- company_name: BALCHEM CORP
- filed_at: 2023-06-26T23:59:59+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/9326/000114036123031415/0001140361-23-031415-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036123031415/brhc20054800_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-23-031415
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-23-031415.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-23-031415.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  BALCHEM CORP shareholders approved Election of one Class 3 director nominee to the Board of Directors of Balchem Corporation to serve until the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until his successor is duly elected and qualified. at the 2023-06-22 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-22
  source text: Election of one Class 3 director nominee to the Board of Directors of Balchem Corporation to serve until the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until his successor is duly elected and qualified: Director Nominee Votes For Votes Against Abstained Broker Non-Votes David Fischer 22,999,214 1,828,707 2,779,189 1,553,008
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036123031415/0001140361-23-031415-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  BALCHEM CORP shareholders approved Approval of the Amended and Restated 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan. at the 2023-06-22 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-22
  source text: Approval of the Amended and Restated 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan: Votes For Votes Against Abstained Broker Non-Votes 26,513,603 1,062,001 31,506 1,553,008
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036123031415/0001140361-23-031415-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  BALCHEM CORP shareholders approved Advisory vote on whether "Say-on-Pay" should occur every one, two or three years. at the 2023-06-22 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-22
  source text: Advisory vote on whether "Say-on-Pay" should occur every one, two or three years: 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Abstained 26,779,710 35,841 770,266 21,293
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036123031415/0001140361-23-031415-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  BALCHEM CORP shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of RSM US LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023. at the 2023-06-22 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-22
  source text: Ratification of the appointment of RSM US LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023: Votes For Votes Against Abstained 28,779,713 368,507 11,898
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036123031415/0001140361-23-031415-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  BALCHEM CORP shareholders approved Advisory approval of the compensation of the Company's named executive officers. at the 2023-06-22 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-22
  source text: Advisory approval of the compensation of the Company's named executive officers: Votes For Votes Against Abstained Broker Non-Votes 17,875,728 6,857,673 2,873,709 1,553,008
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/9326/000114036123031415/0001140361-23-031415-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.