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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-165404"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AMSF"
cik: "0001018979"
company_name: "AMERISAFE INC"
filed_at: "2023-06-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T02:37:06.840019+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AMERISAFE shareholders elect all director nominees and approve advisory compensation vote at annual meeting

## Summary
- Michael J. Brown, G. Janelle Frost, Sean M. Traynor elected as directors with 17.8M, 17.7M, and 15.5M votes for, respectively.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved with 17.9M votes for, 80,772 against, 2,246 abstentions.
- Shareholders selected every year as frequency of advisory compensation votes (17.2M votes); auditor Ernst & Young ratified with 17.5M votes for.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-165404
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AMSF
- cik: 0001018979
- company_name: AMERISAFE INC
- filed_at: 2023-06-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018979/000119312523165404/0001193125-23-165404-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018979/000119312523165404/d519340d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  AMERISAFE INC shareholders approved Election of directors at the 2023-06-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-09
  source text: Election of directors. The following directors were elected for terms expiring at the 2026 annual meeting of shareholders: Votes For Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes Michael J. Brown 17,791,197 192,583 438,281 G. Janelle Frost 17,700,946 282,834 438,281 Sean M. Traynor 15,460,544 2,523,236 438,281
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018979/000119312523165404/0001193125-23-165404-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  AMERISAFE INC shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2023 at the 2023-06-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-09
  source text: Ratification of appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2023. The appointment was ratified. Votes For Votes Against Abstentions 17,544,348 873,235 4,478
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018979/000119312523165404/0001193125-23-165404-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  AMERISAFE INC shareholders approved Advisory vote on executive compensation at the 2023-06-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-09
  source text: Advisory vote on executive compensation. The compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the 2023 proxy statement under “Executive Compensation” and discussed under “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” was approved on an advisory basis. Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 17,900,762 80,772 2,246 438,281
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018979/000119312523165404/0001193125-23-165404-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  AMERISAFE INC shareholders approved Advisory vote on the frequency of shareholder advisory compensation votes going forward at the 2023-06-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-09
  source text: Advisory vote on the frequency of shareholder advisory compensation votes going forward. Advisory votes regarding the frequency of shareholder votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers were as follows: Shares Voted For Every Year Shares Voted For Every Two Years Shares Voted For Every Three Years Shares Abstentions 17,203,963 473 778,188 1,156
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018979/000119312523165404/0001193125-23-165404-index.htm

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