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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001380106-23-000093"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RPID"
cik: "0001380106"
company_name: "RAPID MICRO BIOSYSTEMS, INC."
filed_at: "2023-05-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T12:34:09.332875+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Rapid Micro Biosystems stockholders elect Schwartz, Kollender, Ricciardi as Class II directors

## Summary
- Jeffrey Schwartz received 26,007,817 votes for and 1,756,781 withheld; broker non-votes 7,071,880.
- Richard Kollender received 23,893,108 for and 3,871,490 withheld; broker non-votes 7,071,880.
- Natale Ricciardi received 25,721,530 for and 2,043,068 withheld; broker non-votes 7,071,880.
- Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers as auditor passed with 34,810,913 for, 24,946 against, 619 abstain.
- Annual meeting held May 4, 2023; 34,836,478 shares present out of 36,635,108 eligible.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001380106-23-000093
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RPID
- cik: 0001380106
- company_name: RAPID MICRO BIOSYSTEMS, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-05-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1380106/000138010623000093/0001380106-23-000093-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1380106/000138010623000093/rpid-20230504.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  RAPID MICRO BIOSYSTEMS, INC. shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-05-04 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-04
  source text: 2. The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023. The results of the stockholders’ vote with respect to such ratification were as follows: Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstaining Broker Non-Votes 34,810,913 24,946 619 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1380106/000138010623000093/0001380106-23-000093-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  RAPID MICRO BIOSYSTEMS, INC. shareholders approved Election of Class II Directors to serve until the 2026 Annual Meeting at the 2023-05-04 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-04
  source text: 1. The Company’s stockholders elected Jeffrey Schwartz, Richard Kollender and Natale Ricciardi as Class II Directors to serve until the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified or until such director’s earlier death, resignation or removal. The results of the stockholders’ vote with respect to the election of such Class II Directors were as follows: Votes For Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes Jeffrey Schwartz 26,007,817 1,756,781 7,071,880 Richard Kollender 23,893,108 3,871,490 7,071,880 Natale Ricciardi 25,721,530 2,043,068 7,071,880
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1380106/000138010623000093/0001380106-23-000093-index.htm

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