--- schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1" accession: "0001213900-23-078797" form_type: "8-K" ticker: "DOMH" cik: "0000012239" company_name: "Dominari Holdings Inc." filed_at: "2023-09-22T23:59:59+00:00" generated_at: "2026-06-10T09:34:57.797698+00:00" event_type: "leadership" sentiment: "neutral" materiality_score: 0.35 calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35 confidence: "high" source: SEC EDGAR --- # Dominari Holdings Chairman resigns; CEO Hayes appointed Chairman; annual meeting results ## Summary - Chairman Robert J. Vander Zanden resigned as director and Chairman effective Sept 21, 2023; no disagreement with management. - Board appointed CEO Anthony Hayes as Chairman effective September 21, 2023. - Company plans to replace Vander Zanden on audit and compensation committees with independent directors. - Stockholders elected Gregory Blattner (1,592,087 for), Paul LeMire (1,622,014), Kyle Wool (1,601,962) as Class III directors. - Ratified Marcum LLP as auditor (2,817,343 for, 55,689 against) and approved say-on-pay frequency of three years. ## SEC filing metadata - accession: 0001213900-23-078797 - form_type: 8-K - ticker: DOMH - cik: 0000012239 - company_name: Dominari Holdings Inc. - filed_at: 2023-09-22T23:59:59+00:00 - event_type: leadership - sentiment: neutral - materiality_score: 0.35 - calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35 - confidence: high - sec_items: 5.02, 5.07 - EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/12239/000121390023078797/0001213900-23-078797-index.htm - EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/12239/000121390023078797/ea185678-8k_dominari.htm ## Machine-readable alternates - HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-23-078797 - JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-23-078797.json - Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-23-078797.txt ## Key facts - Executive change Robert J. Vander Zanden resigned as Chairman of the Board at Dominari Holdings Inc.. - Action: resigned - Role: Chairman of the Board source text: On September 21, 2023, Mr. Robert J. Vander Zanden, Chairman of the board of directors (the “Board”) of Dominari Holdings Inc. (the “Company”), notified the Board that he was resigning as a director of the Company, and as Chairman of the Board, effective immediately. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/12239/000121390023078797/0001213900-23-078797-index.htm - Executive change Anthony Hayes was appointed as Chairman of the Board at Dominari Holdings Inc.. - Action: appointed - Role: Chairman of the Board source text: Following Mr. Vander Zanden’s resignation from the Board, the Board unanimously appointed Mr. Anthony Hayes, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, as Chairman, effective September 21, 2023. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/12239/000121390023078797/0001213900-23-078797-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Dominari Holdings Inc. shareholders approved Approval, by non-binding advisory vote, for the frequency of future non-binding advisory votes on executive compensation at the 2023-09-21 meeting. - Proposal: say on pay frequency - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-09-21 source text: Proposal No. 4 – Approval, by non-binding advisory vote, for the frequency of future non-binding advisory votes on executive compensation The Company’s stockholders recommended, on a non-binding advisory basis, three (3) years as the frequency with which the Company should hold future non-binding advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/12239/000121390023078797/0001213900-23-078797-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Dominari Holdings Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of Marcum LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-09-21 meeting. - Proposal: auditor ratification - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-09-21 source text: Proposal No. 2 – Ratification of the appointment of independent registered public accounting firm The appointment of Marcum LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 was ratified. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/12239/000121390023078797/0001213900-23-078797-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Dominari Holdings Inc. shareholders approved Election of Class III directors at the 2023-09-21 meeting. - Proposal: director election - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-09-21 source text: Proposal No. 1 – Election of directors Messrs. Gregory Blattner, Paul LeMire, and Kyle Wool were elected to serve as Class III directors of the Company for a term expiring at the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders or until their successors are elected and qualified. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/12239/000121390023078797/0001213900-23-078797-index.htm - Shareholder Votes Dominari Holdings Inc. shareholders approved Approval, by non-binding advisory vote, of the Company’s executive compensation at the 2023-09-21 meeting. - Proposal: say on pay - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-09-21 source text: Proposal No. 3 – Approval, by non-binding advisory vote, of the Company’s executive compensation The Company’s executive compensation, by non-binding advisory vote, was approved. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/12239/000121390023078797/0001213900-23-078797-index.htm This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.