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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-23-035938"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PFX"
cik: "0001490349"
company_name: "PhenixFIN Corp"
filed_at: "2023-05-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T00:56:00.949415+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# PhenixFIN annual meeting votes: directors elected, KPMG ratified, exec comp approved

## Summary
- Karin Hirtler-Garvey and Lowell W. Robinson elected directors with 939,570 and 957,064 votes for, respectively.
- KPMG LLP ratified as independent auditor for fiscal 2023 with 1,497,899 votes for, 36,007 against.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved with 947,866 for, 34,442 against, 20,010 abstentions.
- Quorum of 1,536,119 shares present; 2,094,238 shares outstanding as of March 2, 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-23-035938
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PFX
- cik: 0001490349
- company_name: PhenixFIN Corp
- filed_at: 2023-05-03T23:59:59+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/1490349/000121390023035938/0001213900-23-035938-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1490349/000121390023035938/ea177935-8k_phenixfin.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  PhenixFIN Corp shareholders approved Advisory vote on executive compensation at the 2023-04-27 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-27
  source text: Proposal 3: Advisory vote on executive compensation. For Against Abstain 947,866 34,442 20,010 Broker Non-Votes: 533,801
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1490349/000121390023035938/0001213900-23-035938-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  PhenixFIN Corp shareholders approved Election of two directors at the 2023-04-27 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-27
  source text: Proposal 1: Election of directors. Nominee For Withheld Abstain Karin Hirtler-Garvey 939,570 60,701 2,047 Lowell W. Robinson 957,064 43,142 2,112 Broker Non-Votes: 533,801
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1490349/000121390023035938/0001213900-23-035938-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  PhenixFIN Corp shareholders approved Ratification of the selection of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023 at the 2023-04-27 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-27
  source text: Proposal 2: Ratification of the selection of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023. For Against Abstain 1,497,899 36,007 2,213 Broker Non-Votes: 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1490349/000121390023035938/0001213900-23-035938-index.htm

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