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accession: "0001193125-24-140530"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001701732"
company_name: "Altair Engineering Inc."
filed_at: "2024-05-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T21:26:41.669278+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Altair shareholders elect two Class I directors and approve say-on-pay and auditor ratification

## Summary
- Mary Boyce and Jim F. Anderson elected as Class I directors for three-year terms with ~292M votes each.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 302,379,755 for, 6,077,980 against, 14,598 abstain.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as independent auditor for FY2024 approved: 315,109,024 for, 93,303 against.
- Broker non-votes were 6,750,241 on director elections and say-on-pay; none on auditor ratification.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-140530
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001701732
- company_name: Altair Engineering Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-05-16T23:59:59+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/1701732/000119312524140530/0001193125-24-140530-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1701732/000119312524140530/d834131d8k.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 92d2503610404d45fd3331d71e4b079352f2a4e5
  claim: Altair Engineering Inc. shareholders approved Advisory vote on compensation of named executive officers at the 2024-05-16 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: The votes were cast as follows with respect to the proposal to vote, on an advisory basis, on the compensation of the Company's named executive officers as described in the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement: FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN BROKER NON-VOTES 302,379,755 6,077,980 14,598 6,750,241
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1701732/000119312524140530/0001193125-24-140530-index.htm
- claim_id: 9840500064d525d85a785d2e6c00b92c489d10b7
  claim: Altair Engineering Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year ending December 31, 2024 at the 2024-05-16 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: The proposal to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the Company's fiscal year ending December 31, 2024 was approved by the stockholders based upon the following votes: FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN BROKER NON-VOTES 315,109,024 93,303 20,247 N/A
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1701732/000119312524140530/0001193125-24-140530-index.htm
- claim_id: b4a07cd19fab680ed0d4ecc0774502fa2f5261ab
  claim: Altair Engineering Inc. shareholders approved Election of Mary Boyce and Jim F. Anderson as Class I directors at the 2024-05-16 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: The stockholders elected nominees Mary Boyce and Jim F. Anderson as Class I directors of the Company to serve a three-year term expiring at the 2027 annual meeting and until the director's successor has been duly elected and qualified, or, if sooner, until the director's death, resignation or removal. The votes were cast with respect to this matter as follows: FOR WITHHOLD BROKER NON-VOTES Mary Boyce 292,084,036 16,388,297 6,750,241 Jim F. Anderson 292,556,775 15,915,558 6,750,241
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1701732/000119312524140530/0001193125-24-140530-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.