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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-253106"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NMRK"
cik: "0001690680"
company_name: "NEWMARK GROUP, INC."
filed_at: "2023-10-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T02:30:48.263239+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Newmark shareholders re-elect four directors, ratify EY as auditor

## Summary
- Four directors elected: Howard W. Lutnick, Virginia S. Bauer, Kenneth A. McIntyre, Jay Itkowitz; each received over 256M votes for.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as independent auditor for FY2023: 331,450,498 for, 3,530,866 against.
- Advisory approval of executive compensation passed with 254,315,663 for vs. 49,083,585 against.
- Class A common stock one vote per share; Class B common stock ten votes per share; votes cast together.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-253106
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NMRK
- cik: 0001690680
- company_name: NEWMARK GROUP, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-10-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- 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/1690680/000119312523253106/0001193125-23-253106-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1690680/000119312523253106/d558935d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  NEWMARK GROUP, INC. shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-10-05 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-10-05
  source text: Stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1690680/000119312523253106/0001193125-23-253106-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  NEWMARK GROUP, INC. shareholders approved Election of four directors to serve until next annual meeting at the 2023-10-05 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-10-05
  source text: The following matters were voted on at the Annual Meeting: (1) The election of four directors to hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified; (2) The ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023; and (3) The approval, on an advisory basis, of executive compensation.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1690680/000119312523253106/0001193125-23-253106-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  NEWMARK GROUP, INC. shareholders approved Approval, on an advisory basis, of executive compensation at the 2023-10-05 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-10-05
  source text: Stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the Company’s executive compensation.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1690680/000119312523253106/0001193125-23-253106-index.htm

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