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Alvarez and Denise Dickins elected Class B directors with 51,373,700 votes each.","Non-binding say-on-pay passed: 75,648,050 for, 4,920,301 against, 76,149 abstentions.","Advisory frequency set to 1 year with 80,271,469 votes; annual say-on-pay confirmed.","Ratification of Deloitte & Touche as FY2023 auditor: 82,578,804 for, 315,405 against."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-163512","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-163512.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-163512.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-163512.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/105016/000119312523163512/0001193125-23-163512-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/105016/000119312523163512/d497627d8k.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-06-14T04:40:35.927382+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"8ff4a333c0da87c5b8802f1150e65d87bf8ffd19","claim":"WATSCO INC shareholders approved Election of one director to serve as a Common stock director by Common shareholders voting as a single class and election of two Class B Common stock directors by Class B Common shareholders voting as a single class at the 2023-06-05 meeting.","evidence_excerpt":"Proposal 1. As set forth in the table that follows, (1) election of one director to serve as a Common stock director by Common shareholders voting as a single class and (2) election of two Class B Common stock directors by Class B Common shareholders voting as a single class: Nominee Term Expires Votes For Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes Common Stock: Ana Lopez-Blazquez 2026 28,856,275 304,165 1,743,284 Class B Common Stock: Cesar L. Alvarez 2026 51,373,700 110,360 541,730 Denise Dickins 2026 51,373,500 110,560 541,730","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.07","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/105016/000119312523163512/0001193125-23-163512-index.htm","confidence":0.9,"family_label":"Shareholder Votes","details":[{"label":"Proposal","value":"director election"},{"label":"Outcome","value":"passed"},{"label":"Meeting","value":"2023-06-05"}],"fact_type":"shareholder_vote"},{"claim_id":"a6600ecd4a70b82d7e4428a9a0c096d5c2ef39c3","claim":"WATSCO INC shareholders approved Approval of a non-binding advisory resolution on the frequency of the non-binding advisory resolution regarding the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers at the 2023-06-05 meeting.","evidence_excerpt":"Proposal 3. Approval of a non-binding advisory resolution on the frequency of the non-binding advisory resolution regarding the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. The combined vote of the Company’s Common and Class B common stock was as follows: One Year Two Years Three Years Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 80,271,469 133,262 219,777 19,992 2,285,014","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.07","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/105016/000119312523163512/0001193125-23-163512-index.htm","confidence":0.9,"family_label":"Shareholder Votes","details":[{"label":"Proposal","value":"say on pay frequency"},{"label":"Outcome","value":"passed"},{"label":"Meeting","value":"2023-06-05"}],"fact_type":"shareholder_vote"},{"claim_id":"a80650cb4f4c61c9e172b4fca9bee24ea1aa62e7","claim":"WATSCO INC shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2023 fiscal year at the 2023-06-05 meeting.","evidence_excerpt":"Proposal 4. Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2023 fiscal year. The combined vote of the Company’s Common and Class B common stock was as follows: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 82,578,804 315,405 35,305 —","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.07","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/105016/000119312523163512/0001193125-23-163512-index.htm","confidence":0.9,"family_label":"Shareholder Votes","details":[{"label":"Proposal","value":"auditor ratification"},{"label":"Outcome","value":"passed"},{"label":"Meeting","value":"2023-06-05"}],"fact_type":"shareholder_vote"},{"claim_id":"b1e243f02247b75feac8b212ad4bf759d983f8fb","claim":"WATSCO INC shareholders approved Approval of a non-binding advisory resolution regarding the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers at the 2023-06-05 meeting.","evidence_excerpt":"Proposal 2. Approval of a non-binding advisory resolution regarding the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. The combined vote of the Company’s Common and Class B common stock was as follows: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 75,648,050 4,920,301 76,149 2,285,014","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.07","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/105016/000119312523163512/0001193125-23-163512-index.htm","confidence":0.9,"family_label":"Shareholder Votes","details":[{"label":"Proposal","value":"say on pay"},{"label":"Outcome","value":"passed"},{"label":"Meeting","value":"2023-06-05"}],"fact_type":"shareholder_vote"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}