---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001401257-24-000095"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FET"
cik: "0001401257"
company_name: "FORUM ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES, INC."
filed_at: "2024-05-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T22:49:28.431347+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Forum Energy stockholders approve amendment to increase stock plan shares by 800,000

## Summary
- Stockholders approved Second Amendment to 2016 Stock Plan, increasing authorized shares by 800,000 to 1,555,701.
- Michael McShane and Paul E. Rowsey III elected as Class III directors for three-year terms.
- Non-binding say-on-pay passed with 7,730,508 votes for, 116,878 against, 68,404 abstentions.
- Deloitte & Touche ratified as independent auditor for 2024 with 9,807,160 votes for.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001401257-24-000095
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FET
- cik: 0001401257
- company_name: FORUM ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-05-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1401257/000140125724000095/0001401257-24-000095-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1401257/000140125724000095/fet-20240510.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  FORUM ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES, INC. shareholders approved Approval of Executive Compensation at the 2024-05-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-10
  source text: Stockholders approved, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers: Votes Cast For 7,730,508 Against 116,878 Abstentions 68,404 Broker Non-Votes 2,082,771
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1401257/000140125724000095/0001401257-24-000095-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  FORUM ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES, INC. shareholders approved Ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for 2024 at the 2024-05-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-10
  source text: Stockholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2024: Votes Cast For 9,807,160 Against 101,004 Abstentions 89,566 Broker Non-Votes 831
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1401257/000140125724000095/0001401257-24-000095-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  FORUM ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES, INC. shareholders approved Election of Class III Directors at the 2024-05-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-10
  source text: The following individuals were elected as Class III directors to the Company's Board of Directors for a term of three years, each to serve until the annual meeting of stockholders in 2027 or until his successor is duly elected and qualified: Nominee For Withheld Broker Non-Votes Michael McShane 6,935,938 980,682 2,081,941 Paul E. Rowsey III 7,657,296 258,494 2,082,771
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1401257/000140125724000095/0001401257-24-000095-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  FORUM ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES, INC. shareholders approved Approval of amendment to the Second Amended and Restated 2016 Stock and Incentive Plan at the 2024-05-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-10
  source text: Stockholders approved the amendment to the 2016 Plan: Votes Cast For 7,613,274 Against 235,784 Abstentions 66,730 Broker Non-Votes 2,082,773
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1401257/000140125724000095/0001401257-24-000095-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.