---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-275959"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PJT"
cik: "0001626115"
company_name: "PJT Partners Inc."
filed_at: "2026-06-18T20:30:16+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T20:34:40.109000+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# PJT Partners stockholders elect directors, approve say-on-pay, ratify auditor at 2026 annual meeting

## Summary
- All three director nominees elected: Cornwell (28.0M for), Currie (28.6M for), Ryan (24.2M for).
- Advisory vote on named executive officer compensation approved: 32.4M for, 608.8K against, 16.2K abstain.
- Ratification of Deloitte & Touche as independent auditor for 2026 passed: 37.4M for, 472K against.
- Broker non-votes of 4.9M recorded on director election and say-on-pay proposals.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-275959
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PJT
- cik: 0001626115
- company_name: PJT Partners Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-06-18T20:30:16+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1626115/000119312526275959/0001193125-26-275959-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1626115/000119312526275959/pjt-20260618.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  PJT Partners Inc. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2026-06-18 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-18
  source text: Proposal 1. To elect the following Directors to the Board of Directors of the Company: Nominee FOR WITHHOLD BROKER NON-VOTES K. Don Cornwell 27,984,629 640,268 4,903,264 Peter L.S. Currie 28,562,472 62,425 4,903,264 Thomas M. Ryan 24,221,733 4,403,164 4,903,264
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1626115/000119312526275959/0001193125-26-275959-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  PJT Partners Inc. shareholders approved Advisory vote to approve compensation of Named Executive Officers at the 2026-06-18 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-18
  source text: Proposal 2. To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of our Named Executive Officers: FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN BROKER NON-VOTES 32,351,133 608,777 16,189 4,903,264
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1626115/000119312526275959/0001193125-26-275959-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  PJT Partners Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for 2026 at the 2026-06-18 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-18
  source text: Proposal 3. To ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2026: FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN BROKER NON-VOTES 37,397,361 472,022 9,980 N/A
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1626115/000119312526275959/0001193125-26-275959-index.htm

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