---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-149442"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BTMD"
cik: "0001819253"
company_name: "biote Corp."
filed_at: "2023-05-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T20:00:20.446842+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# biote shareholders reject ratification of Deloitte & Touche as auditor at 2023 annual meeting

## Summary
- Shareholders voted 19,843,341 for, 21,464,530 against ratification of Deloitte & Touche as auditor for FY2023.
- Ratification proposal failed; board said it will consider shareholder views for future auditor appointments.
- Directors Andrew R. Heyer and Dana Jacoby elected as Class I directors with 18.0M and 18.2M votes for, respectively.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-149442
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BTMD
- cik: 0001819253
- company_name: biote Corp.
- filed_at: 2023-05-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819253/000119312523149442/0001193125-23-149442-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819253/000119312523149442/d499948d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  biote Corp. shareholders approved Election of Class I Directors at the 2023-05-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-17
  source text: Proposal 1: Election of Directors The individuals listed below were elected at the Annual Meeting to serve as Class I directors until the Company’s 2026 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. Nominee For Withheld Broker Non-Votes Andrew R. Heyer 18,040,916 22,383,658 883,297 Dana Jacoby 18,163,539 22,261,035 883,297
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819253/000119312523149442/0001193125-23-149442-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  biote Corp. shareholders rejected Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2023-05-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-17
  source text: Proposal 2: Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm The ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 at the Annual Meeting was not approved. For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 19,843,341 21,464,530 0 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819253/000119312523149442/0001193125-23-149442-index.htm

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