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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-145725"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CTKB"
cik: "0001831915"
company_name: "Cytek Biosciences, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-06-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-18T22:53:35.903643+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cytek director nominee Deborah Neff fails election; other proposals pass

## Summary
- Deborah Neff received 33.8M votes for vs. 48.2M withheld, failing to be elected as Class I director.
- Richard Chin was re-elected with 81.8M votes for and 0.2M withheld.
- Advisory say-on-pay proposal passed with 76.4M votes for (93.1% of votes cast excluding broker non-votes).
- Ratification of Deloitte & Touche as auditor passed with 95.9M for (92.3% of votes cast).
- Quorum of 81.4% of outstanding shares represented at the June 18, 2025 annual meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-145725
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CTKB
- cik: 0001831915
- company_name: Cytek Biosciences, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-06-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1831915/000119312525145725/0001193125-25-145725-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1831915/000119312525145725/d35894d8k.htm

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