---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-24-026703"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "QSI"
cik: "0001816431"
company_name: "Quantum-Si Inc"
filed_at: "2024-05-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T16:41:38.992299+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Quantum-Si stockholders approve charter amendment removing director cap and adding Class B sunset on June 10, 2028

## Summary
- Charter amendment approved: removes director cap (460,048,611 for, 401,937 against) and adds automatic Class B conversion on June 10, 2028 (398,750,000 Class B votes for, 0 against).
- Nine directors re-elected; Jack Kenny (449,949,474 for) and Kevin Rakin (448,510,967 for) received most opposition.
- Deloitte & Touche ratified as auditor for FY2024 (460,397,267 for, 71,110 against); say-on-pay approved (459,462,890 for, 907,087 against).
- Quorum was 88.45% of total voting power; Class B common stock held 20 votes per share.
- Certificates of amendment filed with Delaware on May 16, 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-24-026703
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: QSI
- cik: 0001816431
- company_name: Quantum-Si Inc
- filed_at: 2024-05-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1816431/000114036124026703/0001140361-24-026703-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1816431/000114036124026703/ef20029402_8k.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 8d451fa393f3072710ecb79b2048def4bc35a407
  claim: Quantum-Si Inc: Amended certificate of incorporation to remove director cap and add automatic conversion of Class B common stock on June 10, 2028 (effective 2024-05-16).
  evidence_excerpt: On May 16, 2024, Quantum-Si Incorporated (the “Company”) filed a Certificate of Amendment to its Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to (i) remove the cap on the number of directors to serve on the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) and make related changes to the process for filling newly created directorships or board vacancies (the “Director Cap Amendments”), and (ii) add a provision with respect to the automatic conversion of the Company’s Class B common stock effective June 10, 2028, which is seven years from the date of the closing of the business combination by and among Quantum-Si Incorporated (formerly HighCape Capital Acquisition Corp.), Tenet Merger Sub, Inc., and Q‐Si Operations Inc. (formerly Quantum-Si Incorporated) (the “Sunset Amendment” and together with the Director Cap Amendments, the “Charter Amendment”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1816431/000114036124026703/0001140361-24-026703-index.htm
- claim_id: 201df69eb5edb584aa0285344b5f84a6ae9c73dc
  claim: Quantum-Si Inc shareholders approved Advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation at the 2024-05-15 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: The advisory vote of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as described in the Proxy Statement, was approved, based on the following votes: Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstained Broker Non-Votes 459,462,890 907,087 144,873 -
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1816431/000114036124026703/0001140361-24-026703-index.htm
- claim_id: 579a479e050f35c6d2331ca56c6cf35d4ca5c92a
  claim: Quantum-Si Inc shareholders approved Director Cap Amendments at the 2024-05-15 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: The Director Cap Amendments were approved, based on the following votes: Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstained Broker Non-Votes 460,048,611 401,937 64,302 -
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1816431/000114036124026703/0001140361-24-026703-index.htm
- claim_id: e2376a45c8c9f388f1c6a78eea79877695facec5
  claim: Quantum-Si Inc shareholders approved Ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent registered public accounting firm at the 2024-05-15 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: The selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024 was ratified, based on the following votes: Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstained Broker Non-Votes 460,397,267 71,110 46,473 -
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1816431/000114036124026703/0001140361-24-026703-index.htm
- claim_id: ebbc9f99882dd0c613c66520d41d57be3d3de1b0
  claim: Quantum-Si Inc shareholders approved Sunset Amendment at the 2024-05-15 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: The Sunset Amendment was approved, based on the following votes: Class A Common Stock: Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstained Broker Non-Votes 61,429,495 254,661 80,694 - Class B Common Stock: Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstained Broker Non-Votes 398,750,000 - - -
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1816431/000114036124026703/0001140361-24-026703-index.htm

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