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(the “Company”) approved an amendment (the “Charter Amendment”) to the Company’s Second Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended and corrected (the “Charter”) to phase-out the Company’s classified Board of Directors (the “Board”) over a two-year period starting with the election of directors in 2025 and to permit stockholders to remove directors with or without cause beginning in 2027 when the Board is declassified.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.03/5.05/5.06","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708035/000119312524134734/0001193125-24-134734-index.htm","confidence":0.9,"family_label":"Governance Changes","details":[{"label":"Change","value":"charter amendment"},{"label":"Effective","value":"2024-05-08"}],"fact_type":"governance_change"},{"claim_id":"231038cfada49fb088e5ed8df604842daddc2b5b","claim":"Ecovyst Inc. shareholders approved Election of Class I Directors at the 2024-05-08 meeting.","evidence_excerpt":"Proposal One : Each of the three Class I director nominees was elected to serve on the Company’s Board for a term of three years. The results of the vote were as follows: Nominee Votes For Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes Anna C. Catalano 100,037,275 3,678,306 7,281,565 Sarah Lorance 102,257,190 1,458,391 7,281,565 Donald Althoff 102,208,244 1,507,337 7,281,565","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.07","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708035/000119312524134734/0001193125-24-134734-index.htm","confidence":0.9,"family_label":"Shareholder Votes","details":[{"label":"Proposal","value":"director election"},{"label":"Outcome","value":"passed"},{"label":"Meeting","value":"2024-05-08"}],"fact_type":"shareholder_vote"},{"claim_id":"90cbb2ce9a1b652d61d0489e6d7f04dfeca12d13","claim":"Ecovyst Inc. shareholders voted on Advisory vote on frequency of say-on-pay votes at the 2024-05-08 meeting.","evidence_excerpt":"Proposal Three : The stockholders voted, on an advisory basis, to hold a say-on-pay proposal each year. The results of the advisory vote were as follows: 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Abstain Broker Non-Votes 97,556,771 49,426 6,105,501 3,883 7,281,565","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.07","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708035/000119312524134734/0001193125-24-134734-index.htm","confidence":0.9,"family_label":"Shareholder Votes","details":[{"label":"Proposal","value":"say on pay frequency"},{"label":"Meeting","value":"2024-05-08"}],"fact_type":"shareholder_vote"},{"claim_id":"9aa1381e2fb3ea91222aaac7801f37a551fa5407","claim":"Ecovyst Inc. shareholders approved Advisory vote on executive compensation (say-on-pay) at the 2024-05-08 meeting.","evidence_excerpt":"Proposal Two : The stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid by the Company to its named executive officers (the “say-on-pay proposal”). The results of the advisory vote were as follows: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 98,135,133 5,568,322 12,126 7,281,565","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.07","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708035/000119312524134734/0001193125-24-134734-index.htm","confidence":0.9,"family_label":"Shareholder Votes","details":[{"label":"Proposal","value":"say on pay"},{"label":"Outcome","value":"passed"},{"label":"Meeting","value":"2024-05-08"}],"fact_type":"shareholder_vote"},{"claim_id":"a862f35108b481fa308361ad62a8678d46e7ebf3","claim":"Ecovyst Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent auditor at the 2024-05-08 meeting.","evidence_excerpt":"Proposal Four : The appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024 was ratified. The results of the vote were as follows: For Against Abstain 110,844,000 101,053 52,093","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.07","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708035/000119312524134734/0001193125-24-134734-index.htm","confidence":0.9,"family_label":"Shareholder Votes","details":[{"label":"Proposal","value":"auditor ratification"},{"label":"Outcome","value":"passed"},{"label":"Meeting","value":"2024-05-08"}],"fact_type":"shareholder_vote"},{"claim_id":"ee0a605700c30ee2c202960b040ba095216495f5","claim":"Ecovyst Inc. shareholders approved Amendment to declassify the Board of Directors at the 2024-05-08 meeting.","evidence_excerpt":"Proposal Five : The amendment of the Charter, to declassify the Board of the Company, was approved. The results of the vote were as follows: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 103,198,010 513,962 3,609 7,281,565","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.07","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1708035/000119312524134734/0001193125-24-134734-index.htm","confidence":0.9,"family_label":"Shareholder Votes","details":[{"label":"Proposal","value":"charter amendment"},{"label":"Outcome","value":"passed"},{"label":"Meeting","value":"2024-05-08"}],"fact_type":"shareholder_vote"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}