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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171843-26-001184"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CLFD"
cik: "0000796505"
company_name: "Clearfield, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-02-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T23:19:10.684099+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Clearfield shareholders elect eight directors at 2026 annual meeting; all proposals pass

## Summary
- Turnout 72.98% of 13.8M shares outstanding; 10.1M shares present at annual meeting.
- All 8 director nominees elected with at least 8.1M votes for each; no close contests.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved: 8.28M for, 158k against, 21k abstain.
- Deloitte & Touche LLP ratified as auditor for FY2026: 10.05M for, 48k against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-26-001184
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CLFD
- cik: 0000796505
- company_name: Clearfield, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-02-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/796505/000117184326001184/0001171843-26-001184-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/796505/000117184326001184/f8k_022726.htm

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