---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-23-044512"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MPAA"
cik: "0000918251"
company_name: "MOTORCAR PARTS OF AMERICA INC"
filed_at: "2023-09-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T12:53:05.856321+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Motorcar Parts of America reports annual meeting shareholder votes; all directors re-elected

## Summary
- All 10 director nominees elected; Selwyn Joffe received 12,581,118 shares for, 339,822 against.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as auditor passed with 14,951,462 for, 128,605 against.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved with 10,290,780 for (excluding broker non-votes).
- Annual frequency for future say-on-pay votes selected with 11,593,522 votes for one year.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-23-044512
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MPAA
- cik: 0000918251
- company_name: MOTORCAR PARTS OF AMERICA INC
- filed_at: 2023-09-20T23:59:59+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/918251/000114036123044512/0001140361-23-044512-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/918251/000114036123044512/ef20010948_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  MOTORCAR PARTS OF AMERICA INC shareholders approved Frequency of Future Advisory Votes on Executive Compensation at the 2023-09-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-09-14
  source text: Proposal 4 – Frequency of Future Advisory Votes on Executive Compensation One Year Two Years Three Years Abstain 11,593,522 8,115 724,738 603,021
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/918251/000114036123044512/0001140361-23-044512-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  MOTORCAR PARTS OF AMERICA INC shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-09-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-09-14
  source text: Proposal 1—Election of Directors Nominee Shares For Shares Against Shares Withheld Broker Non-Votes Selwyn Joffe 12,581,118 339,822 8,456 2,158,803 Rudolph Borneo 9,773,448 3,146,112 9,836 2,158,803 David Bryan 10,095,513 2,826,247 7,636 2,158,803 Joseph Ferguson 10,177,006 2,744,554 7,836 2,158,803 Philip Gay 9,873,795 3,047,965 7,636 2,158,803 Jeffrey Mirvis 10,037,676 2,873,874 17,846 2,158,803 Jamy Rankin 10,187,359 2,734,400 7,637 2,158,803 Douglas Trussler 12,648,203 274,736 6,457 2,158,803 Patricia (Tribby) Warfield 12,651,421 268,328 9,647 2,158,803 Barbara Whittaker 10,073,953 2,845,806 9,637 2,158,803
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/918251/000114036123044512/0001140361-23-044512-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  MOTORCAR PARTS OF AMERICA INC shareholders approved Advisory Vote on the Compensation of our Named Executive Officers at the 2023-09-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-09-14
  source text: Proposal 3 – Advisory Vote on the Compensation of our Named Executive Officers Shares For Shares Against Shares Abstaining Broker Non-Votes 10,2907,780 1,429,599 592,017 2,158,803
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/918251/000114036123044512/0001140361-23-044512-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  MOTORCAR PARTS OF AMERICA INC shareholders approved Ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accountants for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024 at the 2023-09-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-09-14
  source text: Proposal 2 – Ratification of Ernst & Young LLP Shares For Shares Against Shares Abstaining 14,951,462 128,605 8,132
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/918251/000114036123044512/0001140361-23-044512-index.htm

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