---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001411690-26-000030"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BNGO"
cik: "0001411690"
company_name: "Bionano Genomics, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-05-14T20:29:23+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T20:30:45.115713+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bionano Genomics stockholders elect Luderer and Vuori as directors; pay vote and auditor ratified

## Summary
- Elected Albert Luderer (847,601 for) and Kristiina Vuori (867,474 for) as Class II directors for three-year terms.
- Advisory vote on named executive officer compensation passed with 697,999 for, 216,553 against, 76,839 abstentions.
- Ratification of BDO USA as independent auditor for fiscal 2026 passed with 3,770,715 votes for, 206,541 against.
- Quorum was 38.1% of 11,091,615 shares outstanding (4,225,995 shares present).
- Broker non-votes totaled 3,234,604 on director elections and compensation proposals.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001411690-26-000030
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BNGO
- cik: 0001411690
- company_name: Bionano Genomics, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-05-14T20:29:23+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1411690/000141169026000030/0001411690-26-000030-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1411690/000141169026000030/bngo-20260514.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001411690-26-000030.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Bionano Genomics, Inc. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2026-05-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-14
  source text: Proposal 1. Election of Directors. The Company’s stockholders elected the two persons listed below as Class II Directors, each to serve until the Company’s 2029 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified or until their earlier death, resignation or removal. The final voting results were as follows: Name Votes For Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes Albert Luderer, Ph.D. 847,601 143,790 3,234,604 Kristiina Vuori, M.D., Ph.D. 867,474 123,917 3,234,604
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1411690/000141169026000030/0001411690-26-000030-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Bionano Genomics, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of the Selection of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2026-05-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-14
  source text: Proposal 3. Ratification of the Selection of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. The Company’s stockholders ratified the selection of BDO USA, P.C. by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026. The final voting results were as follows: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 3,770,715 206,541 248,739 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1411690/000141169026000030/0001411690-26-000030-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Bionano Genomics, Inc. shareholders approved Approval, on an Advisory Basis, of the Compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers at the 2026-05-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-14
  source text: Proposal 2. Approval, on an Advisory Basis, of the Compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers. The Company’s stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the Company’s definitive proxy statement relating to the Annual Meeting. The final voting results were as follows: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 697,999 216,553 76,839 3,234,604
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1411690/000141169026000030/0001411690-26-000030-index.htm

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