---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-149534"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SALM"
cik: "0001050606"
company_name: "SALEM MEDIA GROUP, INC. /DE/"
filed_at: "2023-05-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T19:13:29.906530+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Salem Media stockholders elect all director nominees, ratify auditor, approve charter amendment

## Summary
- All 7 director nominees elected; Edward G. Atsinger III received ~39.8M total votes.
- Ratification of Moss Adams LLP as independent auditor approved with ~45.97M votes for, 54,556 against.
- Amendment to certificate of incorporation for officer exculpation approved with ~39.13M votes for, 1.2M against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-149534
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SALM
- cik: 0001050606
- company_name: SALEM MEDIA GROUP, INC. /DE/
- filed_at: 2023-05-19T23:59:59+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/1050606/000119312523149534/0001193125-23-149534-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1050606/000119312523149534/d650502d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-149534.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  SALEM MEDIA GROUP, INC. /DE/ shareholders approved Approval of an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to reflect new Delaware law provisions regarding officer exculpation at the 2023-05-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: charter amendment
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-17
  source text: Proposal # 3 – Approval of an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to reflect new Delaware law provisions regarding officer exculpation. The proposal to amend the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to reflect new Delaware law provisions regarding officer exculpation was approved.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1050606/000119312523149534/0001193125-23-149534-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  SALEM MEDIA GROUP, INC. /DE/ shareholders approved Ratify the appointment of Moss Adams LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm at the 2023-05-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-17
  source text: Proposal # 2 – Proposal to ratify the appointment of Moss Adams LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm: The proposal to ratify the appointment of Moss Adams LLP as the Company’s independent registered public account firm was approved.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1050606/000119312523149534/0001193125-23-149534-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  SALEM MEDIA GROUP, INC. /DE/ shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-05-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-17
  source text: Proposal # 1 – Election of Directors: Each of the nominees for directors were elected to serve a one (1) year term expiring at the Company’s 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until his or her successor is elected and qualified.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1050606/000119312523149534/0001193125-23-149534-index.htm

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