---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001309108-23-000109"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WEX"
cik: "0001309108"
company_name: "WEX Inc."
filed_at: "2023-05-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T23:19:07.216138+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# WEX annual meeting elects all director nominees, approves say-on-pay, favors annual frequency

## Summary
- All eight director nominees elected with over 38M votes for each; VanWoerkom, Roman, Altobello continue.
- Say-on-pay approved: 37.9M for, 1.7M against, 22k abstain.
- Shareholders recommend annual say-on-pay votes: 39.0M favor 1-year, 610k favor 3-year; Board adopts annual frequency.
- Ratification of Deloitte & Touche as auditor: 39.2M for, 409k against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001309108-23-000109
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WEX
- cik: 0001309108
- company_name: WEX Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-05-16T23:59:59+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/1309108/000130910823000109/0001309108-23-000109-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1309108/000130910823000109/wex-20230511.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  WEX Inc. shareholders approved Non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation at the 2023-05-11 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-11
  source text: 2. A non-binding, advisory proposal on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was approved. For: 37,884,877 Against: 1,742,231 Abstain: 22,082 Broker Non-Votes: 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1309108/000130910823000109/0001309108-23-000109-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  WEX Inc. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-05-11 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-11
  source text: 1. The following nominees were elected to the Company’s Board of Directors as directors for terms expiring at the 2024 annual meeting of stockholders. Daniel Callahan For: 39,573,813 Against: 55,105 Abstain: 20,273 Broker Non-Votes: 0 Shikhar Ghosh For: 38,231,931 Against: 1,397,081 Abstain: 20,179 Broker Non-Votes: 0 James Groch For: 39,580,189 Against: 48,803 Abstain: 20,199 Broker Non-Votes: 0 James (Jim) Neary For: 39,566,760 Against: 62,247 Abstain: 20,184 Broker Non-Votes: 0 Melissa Smith For: 38,626,493 Against: 995,129 Abstain: 27,569 Broker Non-Votes: 0 Stephen Smith For: 39,129,094 Against: 499,881 Abstain: 20,216 Broker Non-Votes: 0 Susan Sobbott For: 38,703,398 Against: 925,823 Abstain: 19,970 Broker Non-Votes: 0 Regina Sommer For: 38,980,522 Against: 648,687 Abstain: 19,982 Broker Non-Votes: 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1309108/000130910823000109/0001309108-23-000109-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  WEX Inc. shareholders approved Non-binding advisory vote on frequency of future say-on-pay votes at the 2023-05-11 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-11
  source text: 3. The shareholders recommended, in a non-binding, advisory vote, that future advisory votes on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers be held every year. Every 1 Year: 39,023,421 Every 2 Years: 4,568 Every 3 Years: 610,039 Abstain: 11,163 Broker Non-Votes: 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1309108/000130910823000109/0001309108-23-000109-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  WEX Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent auditor at the 2023-05-11 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-11
  source text: 4. The appointment of Deloitte & Touche, LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 was ratified. For: 39,220,892 Against: 408,775 Abstain: 19,524
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1309108/000130910823000109/0001309108-23-000109-index.htm

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